31 August 2011

ICE deports man who came to U.S. for political asylum; has autistic child

Augusto Raymundo Jesus tried to do it the right way.

He really did.

Twenty-two years ago, Jesus' mother sent him away from his native Guatemala. His brother had just been killed in a car bomb during a civil war there and she feared for her young son's life.

Her money got him to Mexico. Jesus walked across the country -- it took him about a year -- to the United States border where he sought political asylum. It was granted and for the next 21 years, he worked hard.

Until three weeks ago, he was the owner of Ray's Quality Framing, a commercial and residential construction company in Cedar City, Utah, that last year provided 10 jobs for the community.