NPR: ICE detained a Venezuelan soccer pro. His case shows the immigration backlog crisis
President Trump's Department of Homeland Security often proclaims that the administration is deporting "the worst of the worst."
NPR reports that Homero Calderón was a professional soccer player, playing for clubs in Venezuela, Portugal, Cyprus and Italy. "But for the last five months, Calderón has spent his days inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Folkston, Ga.
He's a father of two U.S. citizens, ages 1 and 3. Stuck in detention, his family says he's growing despondent. He recently missed his daughter's first birthday. . . .
Calderón was driving to a car shop in Florida in late February when he was pulled over for speeding by the Marion County Sheriff's Office and arrested for driving without a valid Florida license . . . .
Calderón was eventually transferred to ICE custody. He's been in detention ever since.
According to Homero Calderón's family, the man has never committed a crime in the U.S. or in any other part of the world. NPR found no evidence of any past or pending criminal cases." (bold added).
