Students and teachers at the Boston Community Leadership Academy in Hyde Park have started raising funds for an 18-year-old student who is now behind bars at a Suffolk County jail as ICE attempts to boot him from the country.
The money would go towards a bond to help free him while he fights deportation and for the lawyers he'd need.
His mother sent him to the U.S. to escape violence in his home country of Guatemala. Since his arrival in the U.S., Marvin has maintained excellent attendance in school and worked very hard to improve his English skills. He has built many great relationships with his peers and teachers in school. Marvin is also an active member of his church community.
He was detained last month at work, not school, a supporter says.
Separately, an MIT janitor who has been in ICE custody since July should be released Friday as he appeals his deportation order.
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When we have individuals with
By anon
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 2:36pm
When we have individuals with known gang affiliations (MS-13) in the area, isn't there better places to spend ICE resources? It's not even that far of a drive.
Love to see how much the Trumpies
By Brian Riccio
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 3:31pm
love this racist red meat thrown at them by Putin's puppet.
If there's one thing that scumbag didn't lie about was his promise to let those overpaid campus cops off their leashes to become the brown shirts he threatened us all with on the trail.
just to be completely ruthless
By cinnamngrl
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 3:57pm
Young healthy people with a high school education and higher are exactly the kind of immigrants this country needs.
The gofundme page
By anon
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 4:05pm
The gofundme page (understandably) doesn't include any unfavorable information about the kid. He might have gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd, which caused ICE to pick him up for having a gang affiliation.
That's pure speculation, I know, but it's soon to judge either innocence or guilty, beyond the fact that he's residing/working here without authorization.
My farts might smell like roses
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 10:40pm
And Aliens might be tuning up your hotrod as we speak.
Anymore wild assumptions to offer?
Why is that such a wild assumption?
By JPNative617
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 8:24am
Just because you said so?
You do realize that MS-13 regularly forces (under penalty of death) high school age, particularly illegal, "good" kids to join, right?
There's no information that says it happened in this case, but it happens everywhere there's MS-13 and 18th Street gang. My suggestion would be to work with these kids in the community and hear their horror stories. Then, maybe you wouldn't equate their very common (and terrifying) situation with the smell of your farts.
Wild ass umption
By anon
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 9:14am
Because there is absolutely no evidence of that. The kid was both working and doing well in school - when would he have time? Also, undocumented people keep their heads down, dear.
Do you gangbang in your spare time and not want competition? Is that why you bring it up? I don't see any proof that you aren't involved in organized crime. It isn't an unreasonable assumption that someone of your age, ethnicity and gender would be.
See what I did there?
Because, dear, it's widely
By anon
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 10:07am
Because, dear, it's widely known that ICE gives extra focus to unauthorized immigrants in certain circles. A person facing deportation today has an elevated probability of being connected to illegal activity, compared to a peer not facing deportation.
Nothing is certain except that he is unauthorized. We don't know if he's avoided trouble, or if he's fallen into trouble. We do know that his advocates have not made a claim that he's upstanding / never been in trouble before. Instead they said he has good attendance.
Also, please stop making the assumption that a hypothesis != an assumption.
ICE Priorities
By anon
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 12:10pm
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/undocumented-...
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/09/22/couple...
http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/11/15/ama-stand-ice-...
Among others.
Did you read the comment, dear?
By JPNative617
Sat, 12/23/2017 - 8:32am
I literally said that "there's no information it happened in this case". I'm stating a fact that forced involvement happens frequently. If you want to keep you're head in the sand and not believe it, that's fine.
Also, I realize undocumented people keep their heads down - that's why they're easier to recruit, you smug shithead.
they are easier to recruit?
By anon
Sat, 12/23/2017 - 11:50am
WRONG!
Honey, undocumented people have LOWER rates of criminality.
Care to share some actual facts? Like, is your organized crime ring finding them easier to recruit darling? Even the freaking Cato Institute has that much figured out, child.
Meanwhile, ICE priorities seem to trend toward arresting children who need surgery. SUCH TOUGH GUYS!
Your reading comprehension sucks
By JPNative617
Sat, 12/23/2017 - 2:33pm
I'm not arguing the fact that crimes rates are lower among undocumented immigrants, or that this kid was even a criminal. My argument is that gangs forcefully recruit those who wouldn't normally be in gangs. Why is it so hard for you to understand this?
And, yes, undocumented kids are easier to recruit BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GO TO THE POLICE!
Jesus, get your head out of your ass and try to understand what I'm saying, honey.
Lurid Paranoid Fantasies
By anon
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 9:57am
They are not evidence.
MS-13 is extremely limited. Your belief that gangs are everywhere all the time and every latin teen is involved is both racist and floridly imaginative.
I'm sincerely doubting that you are working with any kids. Not with the record you have to have as a male of a certain age ...
See?
Wut?
By JPNative617
Sat, 12/23/2017 - 8:48am
I never claimed it was evidence, just not a crazy assumption
So are all gangs. That doesn't change the fact that gangs force kids to join in the neighborhoods they operate, it's another way to prey on the community. Many kids who are forced to join don't even actively participate in gang activity. They're used in certain situations - taking the fall for another member, drug running, etc.
Where did I say this? Stop looking for racism everywhere.
And you might be a Russian troll bot
By Brent Jeffries
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 11:38am
[quote]He might have gotten mixed up with the wrong crowd, which caused ICE to pick him up for having a gang affiliation.
That's pure speculation, I know, but it's soon to judge either innocence or guilty[/quote]
And you might be a Russian troll bot. After all, we know they played a large part in influencing our elections and continue to post on social media to make it seem like more people support a certain agenda than actually do.
That's pure speculation, I know, but it's too soon to judge whether you're a Russian troll bot or not.
Nice variation of the old Fox News "Some people say" tactic.
Do you agree then that it's
By anon
Sun, 12/24/2017 - 12:14pm
Do you agree then that it's also Foxnewish to assume/argue at this point that that the kid is completely innocent and is entitled to remain here without authorization?
Civil violations
By boo_urns
Sun, 12/24/2017 - 5:34pm
Aren't a matter of innocent or guilty. That's reserved for criminal cases.
Not sure about this
By EM Painter
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 4:52pm
For instance should we only let smart people in? we admitted the Tsarnaev family and recognized their identity and culture. The result was they hated America. I don't trust those putting forward sentimental arguments to think through what they are saying. Perhaps if the undocumented were doing the jobs of teachers, lawyers, government employees, journalists and university professors then i would take the recommendations on what I need to think and believe more seriously.
The real question is...
By anon
Thu, 12/21/2017 - 5:25pm
Was he just randomly snatched up & thrown into custody? Or did he commit a felony, hence them throwing him into custody? Because that makes a huge difference.
Not to ICE
By lbb
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 10:49am
ICE is detaining a whole lot of people who are just trying to live their lives and hold down a job. Workplaces and children's schools are one of the easiest places to detain people -- also immigration offices and courthouses where undocumented people are reporting as ordered for proceedings, or even women who are applying for restraining orders against abusers. Don't be fooled -- ICE is going for the low-hanging fruit, not the "bad hombres".
https://www.gofundme.com/helpmarvinstay
By jobart
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 11:18am
https://www.gofundme.com/helpmarvinstay
Do we have any info
By StillFromDorchester
Fri, 12/22/2017 - 4:12pm
On this arrest from ICE?
A go fund me page is not really an information source for an arrest, nor is a Facebook posting by a friend.
ICE targeting Sanctuary Cities - only makes sense
By anon
Sat, 12/23/2017 - 2:09pm
ICE has been more active targeting cities with gangs and cities not cooperating with ICE.
If local police are not reporting/holding bad hombres for ICE, its only natural that ICE steps up its activities in those cities. So, don't complain if some wheat gets included with the chaff.
Ah, another person who doesn't know what he's talking about
By adamg
Sat, 12/23/2017 - 5:57pm
BPD has been cooperating fully with federal officials to catch "bad hombres" - those 61 MS-13 members the feds indicted didn't all get caught by the FBI. Most of the police departments around here realize that not doing the feds' dirty work in going after people who have not committed violent or property crimes helps catch the real bad people because they're more likely to get help from people who are not afraid to talk to them.
Do you know any more about this case?
By StillFromDorchester
Sun, 12/24/2017 - 11:27am
Were local police involved? Was it an immigration only offense?
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