Adam Peña, a California lawyer and resident of the United States, states he was “shocked” to get a self-deportation e-mail from the Department of Homeland Security in early April, purchasing him to leave within 7 days.
Peña, born in El Paso, Texas, got a notification of self-deportation on April 10 in which DHS notified him his parole was ending and he had 7 days to “leave the United States.”
” I do not belong to self-deport to,” Peñan informed 10 News San Diego.
Peña stated he was “puzzled” when he got the e-mail due to the fact that his household has actually resided in the U.S. for over a century.
” I am a U.S.-born U.S. resident. I was never ever paroled, confessed or entered into the nation with some legitimate migration file,” Peña stated.
Peñan informed CBS8 he works as a migration legal representative with a non-profit in San Diego, assisting undocumented immigrants look for legal status and helping detainees.
While he hopes he was an unintentional recipient of the e-mail, Peña stated other migration attorneys have actually gotten comparable e-mails or letters, and feels it might have been the federal government “attempting to apply its authority.”
“The truth is, you understand, I feel likewise this was sent out as a type of intimidation and scare method, truly to migration supporters around the nation, certainly I’m not the only one,” Peñan informed CBS8.
The Independent has actually asked the Department of Homeland Security and Migration and Customs Enforcement for remark.
In a declaration supplied to CBS8, a representative for DHS stated Customs and Border Patrol utilizes “understood e-mail addresses” of undocumented immigrants to send out parole termination alerts to those who do not have legal status.
“CBP utilized the recognized e-mail addresses of the alien to send out alerts. If a non-personal e-mail– such as an American resident contact– was supplied by the alien, notifications might have been sent out to unexpected receivers. CBP is keeping an eye on interactions and will resolve any concerns on a case-by-case basis,” the representative stated.
Peña stated that other lawyers in his workplace got a comparable notification from DHS.