A Deportation Death by Jacob G. Hornberger!
(2019-09-16 at 21:03:28 )

A Deportation Death by Jacob G. Hornberger

The story of Jimmy Aldaoud demonstrates, once again, the horror of the United States of Americas decades-old system of immigration controls.

Mr. Aldaoud was brought to the United States as an infant. Unlike his two sisters, who were born here in the United States, Jimmy never became a United States citizen and remained instead a "permanent resident."

He had a tough life growing up, struggling with severe mental illness, specifically paranoid schizophrenia, and homelessness, especially since his dad kicked him out of the house when he was 16. He worked odd jobs and, over the years, got convicted of several assaults, which made him deportable.

Mr. Aldaouds parents were Iraqi citizens, which made him an Iraqi citizen.

That is where United States officials forcibly deported him - to Iraq, a country he had never been to.

He had spent his entire life in Detroit.

He did not speak Arabic.

He had no way of knowing how to navigate a country that the United States government tore apart with its invasion and occupation.

Getting a job was a virtual impossibility.

So was any hope of voluntary charity in a country where many people are struggling to survive.

The other problem is that Mr. Aldaoud suffered from diabetes.

When he arrived in Iraq, he had no ID and no ability to get medical care for his illness.

As he told his family in a video after arriving in Iraq, "I do not understand the language. I am sleeping in the street. I am diabetic. I take insulin shots. I have been throwing up, throwing up, sleeping in the street, trying to find something to eat. I have got nothing over here."

Two months after United States officials deported him to Iraq, Jimmy Aldaoud was dead.

He was 41 years old.

According to an article in the Washington Post, his family believes that his inability to get insulin caused his death.

Chalk it up as another victory in the United States of Americas decades-long, ongoing, never-ending system of immigration controls.

But let us give credit where credit is due.

Although United States officials would not permit Jimmy Aldaoud to continue living here in the United States, they did permit his body to be returned to the United States.

He is now buried next to his mother.

Reprinted here with permission from Mr. Jacob G. Hornberger of The Future of Freedom Foundation!! Their Great Website!!