“Do it the right way,” MAGA said. Oswaldo Pirela did.
He fled political persecution in Venezuela, applied for asylum through the legal process, continually renewed his work authorization, built a career with the San Diego Padres and raised two U.S.-born daughters.
Then ICE detained him at El Paso International Airport while he was returning home from work.
This was never just about “criminals.” It was never about “law and order.” The process itself has become a trap: follow the rules, work, raise a family, contribute to your community—and masked agents can still take you away.
A functioning immigration system processes cases. A police state disappears fathers at airports and calls it “enforcement.”
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