On-detail from the Los Angeles Immigration Court, Immigration Judge Philip L. DiMarzio heard 20 removal cases filed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review provided translator for the respondents.
Senior attorney Arlene Dorfman of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security argued for the federal government.
Zhen Xiu Huang, 59, cried as she pleaded DiMarzio to consider his decision after the judge established her removability.
DiMarzio said Huang could choose voluntary departure or to appeal the court’s decision.
A voluntary departure will allow a respondent to leave the United States within 120 days while a respondent has 30 days to appeal a judge’s ruling to remove an alien.
A voluntary departure also waives the right of a respondent for an appeal, and admits no legal basis to remain.
Huang said she is taking care of and is concerned for the welfare of the two young children of her 32-year-old only son.
DiMarzio could only express his sympathy and told the respondent that he had to follow the law.
Huang’s husband Jian Guo Zhang, 57, opted for voluntary departure until before July 22, 2010.
The wife entered Saipan in 2006, while the husband arrived the following year.
After DiMarzio handed his verdict concluding Wednesday morning’s removal cases, the wife changed her mind and chose voluntary departure.
The court advised her to make representation during resumption of the hearings in the afternoon.
After finding the removability of the couple, DiMarzio then heard possible relief like adjustment of immigration status.
Once removed from the United States, a respondent is ineligible for 10 years from cancellation of removal, voluntary departure, or adjustment of immigration status.
When a voluntary departure fails, the respondent is liable for civil penalty of $3,000.
The court also found Jiao He, 30, to have no basis to remain in the CNMI.
Jiao He said he fears from coming back to China because he owes several money with “high interest” from a “gang” that would “beat [him up].”
He borrowed the money to come to Saipan last July 2009.
He was told to return to court for his next hearing on May 18, 2010.
The court also found basis for the removable of Marlon De Leon Hernandez who told the court he has been on Saipan for the past 17 years.
DiMarzio told Hernandez to return to the court on May 19, 2010, with his lawyer and documents that would support his application for labor certification.
A 20-year-old woman also faces deportation after the court found that her adoption had been commenced but not completed.
The court learned through the woman’s mother that the respondent was 12 when she was adopted by her step-father, a Palaun, and arrived on Saipan.
The court also found out that the mother has no immigration status.
When Variety left for the lunch recess, the court continued hearing the cases of Fu Chen, Meng Yang Yu, Jian Guo Zhang, Jiao He, Marlon De Leon Hernandez, Zhen Xiu Huang, Danilo Rejano, Jiang Guo, Mei Wen Wu, Ming Long Li, Zhoumin Wang, Guangxu Jin, Xiu Hong Luo, Yibin Zheng, Zhaohai Zheng, Shi Ying Wei, Yi Wu, Jun Hua Chen, Jian Dong, and Michael Marcelino.
