Michigan officials received a request to pardon a Polish-born doctor who legally came to the U.S. as a child but faces deportation because of misdemeanor convictions 25 years ago. Rick Snyder received the request on behalf of Lukasz Niec and forwarded it to the Michigan Department of Corrections Parole Board, the Kalamazoo Gazette reported Wednesday. Niec was released on a $10,000 bond last week but awaits removal proceedings. Federal immigration officials say the 43-year-old Kalamazoo doctor can be deported for the 1992 convictions dating to when he was in high school. Niec's attorney, Russell Abrutyn, confirmed to The Associated Press that he submitted the request in relation to the convictions.

Source: ABC News February 07, 2018 18:07 UTC