"LOS ANGELES -- An immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against a landscaper who was arrested in Southern California last year, and the father of three U.S. Marines is now on a path toward legal permanent residency in the U.S. The June detention of Narciso Barranco, who came to the U.S. from Mexico in the 1990s but does not have legal status, caught widespread attention as the crackdown on immigration by President Donald Trump's administration drew scrutiny and protests."
"Witnesses uploaded videos of the arrest in Santa Ana, a city in Orange County. Federal agents struggled with Barranco and pinned him to the ground outside an IHOP restaurant where he had been clearing weeds. Barranco was taken to a Los Angeles detention center and placed in deportation proceedings. In July, he was released on a $3,000 bond and ordered to wear an ankle monitor."
Narciso Barranco entered the U.S. from Mexico in the 1990s without legal status and was detained in June after federal agents pinned him outside an IHOP in Santa Ana while he was clearing weeds. He was taken to a Los Angeles detention center, placed in deportation proceedings, and released in July on a $3,000 bond with an ankle monitor. On Jan. 28 an immigration judge terminated the deportation case after finding Barranco provided evidence that he is the father of three U.S.-born sons serving in the military, making him eligible to seek lawful status. Homeland Security said it would appeal. Barranco applied for Parole in Place and had his monitoring and check-in requirements discontinued while paperwork proceeds.
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