„Are you guys nuts? Can‘t you see he is clearly white?“

Which this Administration doubtless considers an Ethnic Purity Emergency. Were they all ruddy-cheeked Caucasians (Dictionary of Trump-McConnell: Real Uhmericans), Byrne would have sailed smoothly under the racist radar.

if illegal Irish in this country. But because they're Irish, most people don't care very much.

(All four of my grandparents came from Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.)

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The only good thing is that there's plenty of work in Ireland right now, and his family would be welcome.

maybe the paperwork to get his green card is in process. It took nearly 5 years for my ex husband (from Italy) to get his green card/ permanent residency. My young kids would would have been without their dad if a raid occurred b4 the green card came through.

Trump administration is pure evil breaking up families. Isn’t one it the gop tenets family values

He entered the United States on a Visa Waiver Program in 2007 and overstayed.

"His wife Keren told RTÉ News that after their marriage in 2009, they began the process of "adjusting his status" but that their applications have been turned down on numerous occasions. The most recent refusal came earlier this year.

He was previously convicted in Ireland on a minor drugs possession charge, which Mrs Byrne claims is the reason his applications to remain in the country have been denied."

Thanks for the additional insight.

Stow away on a cargo ship? I wonder. Ireland is across an ocean!

there are thousands in NY City.

I'm feeling too lazy to check that factoid, but I've seen it many times.

Most Canadians do not have brown skin (although I'm proud to say that I know at least one who does) and so fly under the racist radar.

across the border in the 1980's (when Raygun was prez). They made their living growing and selling marijuana, when it would get too hot for them here they'd go back to Canada. I lost touch with them so I don't know where they eventually ended up, maybe back in Canada.

Pew estimates 500K Canadian and European combined. A relatively small percentage of the total.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/12/us-unauthorized-immigrant-population-2017/

Lazy posts often convey misinformation.

My great grandparents both came from Ireland - and their two eldest sons signed up and were sent to France to fight for this country in WWI. Last year I went to a ceremony honoring my great uncle who won the silver star for his service and courage under fire. His granddaughter is a proud graduate of West Point. And his brother served on horseback, delivering ammunition to the troops at the front - and he was my grandfather.

I joined Friday's protest to support the immigrants who are this decades' "unwanted" new American citizens. I'm going to a family reunion of the Irish side of my family this coming weekend - third, fourth and fifth generations. I wouldn't be here if there had been no one to speak for my great grandparents - and for me.

PROPORTIONALLY. They are white and speak English, so people look the other way.

was born in Austria and had been deported from the US twice for overstaying her visa. However, she was allowed to get her green card and eventually became a US citizen.

It is a part of the EU. If I were his wife, I'd leap at the chance to live in a country that didn't have the Orange Turd as its leader.

She's a US citizen. It's not easy to just move to Ireland.