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Renowned NYC Washington Square Park Chess Hustler 'Chichi' Detained by ICE

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Re: Renowned NYC Washington Square Park Chess Hustler 'Chichi' Detained by ICE

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He served his time and hasn't been in trouble since. Do you not believe in rehabilitation?

Rehabilitation has never been the point of jail in the US. Else why would the thirteenth amendment to the US constitution still be on the books?

Re: Renowned NYC Washington Square Park Chess Hustler 'Chichi' Detained by ICE

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"In 2014, he and his sister Uchechi Onyekwere were charged in a $13 million medical fraud scheme. ... According to the FBI's report, the operation took place from approximately 2008 through at least the end of 2013."

"As alleged, the defendants used fictitious companies and fraudulent claims to steal very real health care dollars," said then-United States Attorney Loretta Lynch in 2014. "The Medicare and Medicaid systems serve our most vulnerable citizens, and those who seek to steal those tax dollars will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

You cannot naturalize in the US if you are found to have conducted criminal conduct. There are millions of us immigrants and children of immigrants who followed the straight path.

Re: Renowned NYC Washington Square Park Chess Hustler 'Chichi' Detained by ICE

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"In 2014, he and his sister Uchechi Onyekwere were charged in a $13 million medical fraud scheme. ... According to the FBI's report, the operation took place from approximately 2008 through at least the end of 2013." "As alleged, the defendants used fictitious companies and fraudulent claims to steal very real health care dollars," said then-United States Attorney Loretta Lynch in 2014. "The Medicare and Medicaid sys…

You are saying that if you serve time in prison for a crime, as he did, then you are ineligible to naturalize, forever?

If serving time in prison isn't sufficient, what else should he have done?

He has a child who was born in the US. What should be done about that?

Re: Renowned NYC Washington Square Park Chess Hustler 'Chichi' Detained by ICE

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"In 2014, he and his sister Uchechi Onyekwere were charged in a $13 million medical fraud scheme. ... According to the FBI's report, the operation took place from approximately 2008 through at least the end of 2013." "As alleged, the defendants used fictitious companies and fraudulent claims to steal very real health care dollars," said then-United States Attorney Loretta Lynch in 2014. "The Medicare and Medicaid sys…

You are saying that if you serve time in prison for a crime, as he did, then you are ineligible to naturalize, forever? If serving time in prison isn't sufficient, what else should he have done? He has a child who was born in the US. What should be done about that?

Why should the US be obligated to let criminals naturalize?
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