He spent nearly four months inhaling poisonous fumes as he removed hazardous material from the Ground Zero wreckage. “He volunteered to help the people clean the area.”But for three decades, Cardona has been in the country as an undocumented immigrant. Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), whose district includes Queens, wrote a letter to the Trump administration’s top immigration officials urging them not to deport Cardona. He was ordered to be deported in 2000, according to a federal complaint he and his wife filed against immigration officials last week. Cardona stayed in the country for the next several years until immigration officials arrested him in April 2011.

Source: Washington Post June 22, 2017 17:15 UTC