The Board of Immigration Appeals granted his appeal in December 2016, and ICE released him a month later. The Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees the immigration courts, did not provide information. ADVERTISEMENTJohn Sandweg, a former acting director of ICE, said a serious criminal record can hurt an asylum claim but doesn’t disqualify someone from withholding of removal. Immigration status is checked by Houston police only when a person is being booked into the city jail after being charged with a crime, Smith said. Another man who apparently was sleeping on the beach was found dead under the Santa Monica Pier on Sept. 20.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 27, 2018 03:45 UTC