An immigration judge has finally terminated the deportation case against Narciso Barranco, an undocumented father whose three sons serve as U.S. Marines. This ruling is a huge victory and clears the path for Barranco to seek legal permanent residency in the United States.
The 49-year-old Mexican national has lived here for three decades, but his life was thrown into chaos last June. Barranco was working as a landscaper, clearing weeds outside an IHOP restaurant in Santa Ana, California, when federal agents approached him. According to the New York Times, the agents aggressively pinned him to the ground and handcuffed him before transferring him to a detention center and placing him in deportation proceedings.
