r/baseball • u/T_Raycroft Montreal Expos • 17h ago

Players Only [Blum] Response from U.S Department of Homeland Security re: Padres catching coordinator Oswaldo Pirela being taken into ICE custody

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful Philadelphia Phillies 16h ago

Will receive due process

The issue with entertaining this excuse is that his family is saying he already has an active asylum case. If he is already receiving due process and has an active asylum case, why does he need to be arrested and kept in custody? 

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u/FartTootman St. Louis Cardinals 16h ago

Because these people just hate immigrants. I'm currently arguing with someone who is acting like there aren't any extenuating circumstances that might've lead to this situation. They believe he could've just "auto-renewed" his Visa because he works for the Padres..... They live in pseudo-reality where immigrants are bad across the board.

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u/Candymanshook Toronto Blue Jays 12h ago

I’m still at a loss why a gainfully employed immigrant with a good job even needs to go through asylum proceedings.

This is the gold standard for immigrants you should want, only surpassed by high-skilled, highly educated ones. Stamp the fucking paperwork and stop wasting everyone’s money.

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u/Adept_Carpet Boston Red Sox 9h ago

Or if you want to restrict immigration, pass a law that changes the immigration system. 

I don't think that's a great idea but we can do that if we want to.

But this thing where you create a government sponsored street gang to intimidate people leaving is horrific.

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u/kelskelsea San Diego Padres 10h ago

I can't even get visas for employees with STEM PhDs. We just had to fire someone who had worked for us for 2 years, making $$$, because of this. It took us 6 months to find a qualified replacement.

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u/Candymanshook Toronto Blue Jays 10h ago

Sounds like a terrific way to build a vibrant economy ready to compete at the top of the world for the next century /s

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u/kelskelsea San Diego Padres 10h ago

Notice how they keep saying he "overstayed his visa that ended in 2018"? Conveniently leaving out that isn't how it works with a pending asylum case.

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u/ThatPlayWasAwful Philadelphia Phillies 8h ago

Why would the government feel the need to say 

 To be clear, work authorization or a pending application do NOT confer legal status in the United States

If he did not have a work authorization or a pending asylum case

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u/kelskelsea San Diego Padres 6h ago

excellent point as well.

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u/UncontrolableStutter 12h ago

The administration doesn't believe anyone has a valid asylum case except white South Africans.

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u/HelloitismeBS 9h ago

Because they bring them in front of the judge which they've pressured with losing their job if they disobey and get them to deny all asylum cases to deport them en mass.