Beth Hundsdorfer and Illinois Answers Project | Capitol News Illinois
CARLYLE — When Jose Jeronimo Guardian showed up at a Spanish language traffic court this week, he didn’t expect to be detained and face expulsion from a country he’d lived in for more than two decades.
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Guardian’s daughter, Isabel Guardian, seen here holding her baby while the arrest unfolded, said her father is undocumented but was attempting to first resolve another court case unrelated to his immigration status before applying for a Green Card. (Illinois Answers Project photo by Janelle O’Dea)
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Guardian had been in the U.S. more than 20 years and worked as a picker and a rancher at farms around Clinton County. (Illinois Answers Project photo by Janelle O’Dea)
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Jose Jeronimo Guardian was detained for deportation at the Clinton County Courthouse on Monday in Carlyle, Illinois. (Illinois Answers Project photo by Janelle O’Dea)
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Al Jazeera's Linh Nguyen looks at how ICE is expanding its surveillance network and the boundaries of immigration enforcement.
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