Madam President, today the Secretary of Homeland Security
has the opportunity to prevent an injustice and keep a family together. At 9 a.m. Hawaii time, Andres Magana-Ortiz was scheduled to report to
the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Honolulu to be
deported from his home of nearly 30 years. Andres was brought to America when he was only 15 years old. In the
years since, he has raised three children who are U.S. citizens, is
married to a U.S. citizen, has built a business, and has distinguished
himself as a hard worker and a pillar of the South Kona community in
Hawaii. Andres' immigrant story is one familiar to so many American families. After working for more than a decade as a laborer on coffee farms
across the Big Island, Andres saved enough money to buy his own farm. In the years since, Andres has taken on management of 15 other area
coffee farms.
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