Mexican Father Of 3 U.s. Marines In California Gets Deportation Reprieve - Beritaja

A national migration judge ended the deportation lawsuit against Narciso Barranco, a Mexican begetter of 3 U.S. Marines, whose apprehension connected video showing masked national agents pinning him down and punching him extracurricular an IHOP successful Southern California went viral past year.

Rigo Hernandez, 44, told The Times that the judge terminated his stepfather’s lawsuit during a virtual proceeding connected Jan. 28.

“It was the 3rd lawsuit the judge heard that day,” Hernandez said successful a telephone interview. “It was nerve-racking.”

Barranco made nationalist headlines erstwhile Border Patrol agents took him into custody connected June 21 arsenic he worked arsenic a landscaper extracurricular a Santa Ana IHOP.

The apprehension was caught connected video that was shared connected societal media, and soon after, his eldest boy was granting interviews to the media, keeping his father’s lawsuit successful the news cycle. Alejandro Barranco, a Marine veteran, told The Times then that his begetter had been pepper-sprayed and that his enarthrosis had been dislocated.

At the time, the Department of Homeland Security denied his enarthrosis had been dislocated and blasted Barranco connected societal media, accusing him of assaulting national rule enforcement pinch a weed whacker. In a connection aft the incident, the agency claimed Barranco “ran, past turned and swung a weed whacker straight astatine an agent’s face. He past fled done a engaged intersection and raised the weed whacker again astatine the agent.”

But Barranco’s family said that he ran distant because he was acrophobic and that nary charges were ever revenge against him. But an effort to region him from the state was started successful earnest.

Narciso Barranco’s 3 sons are each Marines. From left, Emanuel, Jose Luis, Narciso and Alejandro Barranco.

(Alejandro Barranco)

During his father’s proceeding past month, Hernandez felt anxious, he said, arsenic the judge listened to arguments from attorneys representing his begetter and the Department of Homeland Security. But he started to consciousness somewhat amended arsenic the judge’s questions started to thin successful favour of his father.

“Once the judge said, ‘I’m compelled to work together pinch the defendant’s attorney,’ location was a sigh of relief,” he said.

The Department of Homeland Security did not instantly respond to a petition for remark from The Times.

Since the ruling, Hernandez said, his father’s ankle show has been removed and his check-ins pinch national migration officials were discontinued.

“He still has to settee his ineligible status,” Hernandez said. “But this clears the measurement for that.”

Shortly aft his begetter was taken into custody successful June, Hernandez said, his father’s lawyer petitioned for him to beryllium put into a national programme that allows undocumented spouses, children and stepchildren of U.S. citizens aliases subject unit to temporarily stay successful the state and use for a activity visa.

The program, dubbed Parole successful Place, allows immigrants to get ineligible imperishable residence faster.

“Hopefully that Parole successful Place will return afloat effect and past he could get his imperishable residence, truthful we’re very happy,” Hernandez said. “My mom was very excited about the news, and I cognize Narciso feels a small spot much astatine ease.”

He said his father, however, is still very guarded and does not spell out.

“We do limit his outings and his vulnerability because he is still astatine consequence of perchance encountering [federal migration agents],” Hernandez said.

Times unit writers Brittny Mejia and Kaitlyn Huamani contributed to this report