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Derby Man Receives Two-Year Stay Of Deportation

Dave Collins
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AP

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., says an immigrant facing deportation to Guatemala has been granted a two-year stay of deportation, but he was unaware of the reasoning behind the stay.

Blumenthal says he "can think of no more compelling case" for a reprieve from deportation than Luis Barrios, a married father of four U.S.-born children who lives in Derby. Earlier this month, Barrios received a 30-day reprieve hours before he was to be put on a plane from New York to Central America.

Barrios left Guatemala in 1992 amid threats to his family. His immigration status was flagged after a 2011 traffic stop over a broken tail light. However, there was no attempt to deport him until Republican President Donald Trump took office.

Davis Dunavin loves telling stories, whether on the radio or around the campfire. He started in Missouri and ended up in Connecticut, which, he'd like to point out, is the same geographic trajectory taken by Mark Twain.
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