“Those two minor fines shouldn't be holding him back from citizenship and certainly shouldn't have him in the process of a quick removal from the country,” Jeffrey Snader told Newstalk Breakfast. He said the exact details of the offer to Mr Byrne from immigration authorities are unclear. When asked the duration of a ban from returning to the US, Mr Snader said the rules are also unclear. “If he is the exact kind of person we want, those two minor fines shouldn't be holding him back from citizenship and certainly shouldn't have him in the process of a quick removal from the country. Mr Snader said the family’s aim is to have as many people as possible “raise enough noise about the issue that we realise is just the wrong action.

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2019 07:02 UTC