OPINION: Stop the deportation madness, this time with Edisson Barros
Time is running out for a judge to block the deportation, set for Friday, of Edisson Barros, an undocumented immigrant and father of two who has lived in Maspeth, Queens, for 25 years.
Once again, we see the tragic consequences of the Trump administration’s immigration policy. According to the letter of the law, the immigration judge has the right to deport Barros, who appears to be in this country illegally but deporting him is not justice in the truest sense of the word and it will not make America safer.
What it will do is separate a father from his panicked wife and two children.