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By Dana Afana dafana@mlive.com
After 30 years in the U.S., where she raised three children, worked and paid taxes in Sterling Heights, Zahrija Purovic, 50, was put on a plane and sent to Montenegro on Thursday.
Despite no criminal record and a pending motion for a stay of removal in federal appeals court, immigration authorities ordered her to pack her belongings, purchase a plane ticket and appear at Detroit Metro Airport.
Upon arriving with family members and friends around 4 p.m. Thursday, two ICE agents told Purovic that she had not been granted a stay, and escorted her to her flight.
During an emotional goodbye, a friend of 16 years collapsed to the floor while hugging Purovic. After regaining consciousness, the woman asked the ICE agents if they could say one last goodbye.
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FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)llmart
(15,550 posts)for what is happening to this country.
Iggo
(47,564 posts)I'm not kidding.
Mosby
(16,339 posts)She paid into SS and medicare, but will never receive benefits.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)No criminal record, family in US, pays taxes, not on public support, and they threw her out. How did her name even pop up?
maxsolomon
(33,378 posts)Don't they know we aren't scared of Whypeepo?
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Piss on anyone who was stupid enough to vote for him.
Duncan Grant
(8,282 posts)Last edited Fri Nov 10, 2017, 07:40 PM - Edit history (1)
Im not an attorney but this seems to be an extremely malevolent application of the law. What can possibly be gained by the destruction of this womans life? Its antithetical to everything I believe about America and basic human rights. A tragedy!
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,394 posts)Fuck this system. Burn it down.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)As Americans, each one of us is complicit in the actions of our govt.
We can not hold Germans in Nazi era to a different, higher standard.
I'm condemning myself in this.
As far as I can tell, the only way to escape being complicit is to physically protest. Or constantly protest each damaging action with letters, united action,...OR...