Migrants busted for shoplifting in NY won’t be deported — unless they’re convicted
...bused to the Big Apple from Texas won’t face deportation — unless they’re convicted, sources and legal experts said Tuesday. ...charged with stealing more than $12,000 in merchandise from Macy’s Roosevelt Field... are getting a break because they are asylum seekers, not illegal immigrants who crossed the US border. “They are given the benefit of the doubt because they have a pending application with the [US Citizenship and Immigration Services],” Queens-based immigration lawyer Luis Nicho told The Post.
Reference: nypost.com
