O'Riordan was born in Galway, Ireland. Both of his parents had lived in Massachusetts before he was born and already had green cards. They brought Dylan from Ireland to the Boston area in 2010 on the visa waiver program. He was 12 years old. He overstayed his 90 days, and began living his life like any other American teenager, though he was unauthorized.
At 19, he had a child with his girlfriend, Brenna, then dropped out of high school and went to work for his uncle's roofing company. About four months ago, he and Brenna were shopping at a mall when they got into an argument. Brenna denied she was assaulted. "It was nothing at all," he says. "Some woman called the cops, said I was abusing my girlfriend."
O'Riordan was arrested for domestic assault and battery, but Brenna denied she had been assaulted. The county chose not to prosecute. O'Riordan had no prior criminal record, so the judge let him go.
Then, when he walked out of the holding cell, ICE agents were waiting for him. Someone in the courthouse had tipped them off. He has been locked up for four months now
O'Riordan's lawyer, Tony Marino, points out that his client was brought here when he was a child, but ICE won't budge.
"Their position has been, well, he waived whatever rights he had when he came," says Marino. "Twelve-year-olds don't waive rights! I've never seen anything like it. I can't wrap my head around it."
The ICE office in Boston sent a statement to NPR: "Dylan O'Riordan ... overstayed the terms of his admission by more than seven years. ICE deportation officers encountered him in Sept 2017 after he was arrested on local criminal charges. ICE served him with an administrative final order of removal." He is scheduled to be put on a plane to Dublin later this week.
I thought trump was only deporting 'POC'?
Holla when they start deporting illegal Anglos.
