Depending on whether you are pro-illegal alien or pro-law, the heavily wrinkled deportation case of Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez is an emotional cause.
Twenty-five years ago when Our Pal Romulo was 24, he sneaked into our country. He later married and had two now-school-age daughters. Sounds like an Hispanic version of Father Knows Best. Except Robert Young was not a criminal.
Since Culver City is a sanctuary city, this case is closely watched here.
Our Pal Romulo, not satisfied, spit in the eye of the law. Again.
Not only did Our Pal Rumulo commit one crime by evading the law as he crossed the Mexican border, he committed two more — including drunk driving — while hiding from authorities.
If Our Pal Rumulo is not a nominee for Non-Citizen of the Year, he is a thrice-lucky criminal.
Driving illegally, Our Pal Romulo, it says here, received, uh, stolen car tags.
To summarize, Our Pal Romulo is here illegally, stays on offense and racks up a couple crimes.
The possibly clinching ruling came to Lucky Romulo last week after years of playing every conceivable illegal alien technicality to the hilt.
The highest administrative body in America’s immigration court system rejected Our Pal Romulo’s supposedly final deportation order.
They sent the case back to a Los Angeles immigration court.
Since cases are backed up almost to the 22nd century, Our Pal Romulo is likely to enjoy crime opportunities in the good, ol’ United States for the next several decades.
Meanwhile Our Pal Romulo reached under a spare deck to play his fifth ace.
Our Pal has a bond hearing in a fortnight. And he could be released from his five-month imprisonment soon after.
In March, one month after Our Pal was arrested and jailed, Our Pal and his wife applied for a U visa, available to victims of crimes and their families.
Supposedly Our Pal’s wife was the victim of a mysterious, unnamed but well-timed crime. Shh, said Our Pal’s lawyer. He can’t identify the crime. Hmm.
The lawyer said that meantime he will ask any judge he sees to delay proceedings against Our Pal until the U visa thing is settled. Could take years, the lawyer reported.