California wants to deport a man who tried to protect his daughter

Marcos Villanueva took his wife to a cafe early August 8 in the morning, as they often did on weekends. But this time the couple were detained by immigration officers, who arrived in three black cars.

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Villanueva, who lived 13 for years in Southern California, agrees with the fact of his illegal stay in the country, writes Mercury News. But at the time of his arrest, there was nothing in his life that would draw attention to his deportation case, except for this: the family recently appeared in the Orange County courtroom to support his young daughter, who accused her uncle of attempted rape.

"I don't believe his detention is a coincidence," said lawyer Willard Beckeman, who suspects the uncle accused of molestation reported Villanueva's immigration status to USCIS.

Since then, his life has been in limbo. On Tuesday, October 23, an 40-year-old man will receive a deportation order.

“I believed in justice in this country. My husband, he doesn't owe anyone anything. He's not a criminal. He pays taxes every year. He's a good father. He’s a good person,” Villanueva’s wife, Jenny Villalvir, said.

“The person who should be in prison is free, while my husband was detained,” the woman adds.

Villanueva is on the James Musik facility, adjacent to Irvine, since he was detained near his home in Anaheim. The lawyer requested that the deportation order issued in 2005 be suspended and canceled. He seeks help in the federal district court in Santa Ana and appealed to the Immigration Appeals Board.

Bekeman said that such an urgent desire of the authorities to deport his client, who has no criminal record, is unique in the practice of law.

“This is the first and only time in 25 years that I have seen them intend to deport a person knowing that he is in the process of appeal,” the lawyer said Saturday.

Villanueva came to the United States 13 years ago from his native Honduras after gang members injured him and killed a friend in his eyes.

“I knew they would come looking for me because I witnessed the murder of my friend,” Villanueva wrote from Musick Prison on Thursday, October 18.

For the first time, Villanueva was detained in August 2005 of the year in Texas. Immigration officers gave him a subpoena according to which he was to appear in court. The man was unable to attend, and the government in absentia ordered him to leave the country. He did not appear, Bekeman said, because the notification did not indicate the date, time or place of the meeting.

The warrant was "fatally flawed," the lawyer said, which invalidated his client's deportation order. Additionally, Villanueva said he has good reason to fear for his life if he is sent back to Honduras. The lawyer claims Villanueva has a "good asylum claim that was never processed."

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The ICE spokeswoman, referring to confidentiality, did not comment on the Villanueva case, only confirmed that he would remain in custody until the moment of the deportation.

“While ICE continues to focus its human rights enforcement resources on individuals who pose national security, border security and safety risks, the agency does not exempt classes or categories of displaced aliens from potential coercion,” ICE spokeswoman Lori Haley said.

While her husband is in custody, Villavir took a job on the assembly line to earn money and take care of her daughters, including a 12-year-old girl who complained about her uncle's harassment. The family found out about the abuse when the police knocked on their door - the school knew about it at the time. A judge dismissed the case in July due to lack of evidence. The girl remains in therapy.

Villanueva, who worked as a house painter, said he feared leaving not only because of himself, but also because of his wife and two daughters, and because of the need to send money home - the Honduran gang demands a monthly bribe so that they do not attack his mother and another teenage daughter who remained in Honduras.

“I ask God to give me the opportunity to go out and continue to pay. I worked hard to save them from this terror."

Amid the uncertainty surrounding his future, Villanueva said he has never been in trouble in his 13 years in this country. “My records are clean, clean, clean,” he says.

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