Deported Livermore Man Stuck in Mexico

State Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Tri-Valley, San Joaquin County), whose district includes Livermore, decried Lopez’s deportation and joined with 30 legislative colleagues in urging California’s GOP congressional delegation to call on President Donald Trump to halt the immigration crackdown.

“The deportation of Miguel López, a respected and longtime member of the Livermore community, was appalling, and further proof that the Trump Administration has no interest in honoring the due-process rights of hardworking, taxpaying immigrants,” McNerney wrote in an email to The Independent. “It also contradicts President Trump’s promise to target immigrants who had committed violent crimes or are members of violent gangs.”

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