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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd like to see his tax returns.[/quote]

Exactly. It's highly doubtful he did.

And what is doubtful as well is that he was licensed as a plasterer in MA. This protects homeowners from shoddy work and ensures that if a plasterer removes something hazardous such as asbestos containing popcorn ceilings or tiles they are following proper procedures and not cutting corners. MA has strict rules on licensing:

[i]Home Improvement Contractor (HIC) Registration: Any contractor (including a plasterer) who works on an existing, owner-occupied residential property with one to four units must register as an HIC if the total cost of labor and materials exceeds $500. This is a registration process with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.[/i]

There does not appear to be anyone with his name licensed.

This guy came to the US on the Visa Waiver Program that allows people traveling on certain passports, an Irish passport in his case, to enter the US without applying for a visa. That program allows people to visit the US for tourism for up to 90 days.  The catch is that if you use this program to enter the US you waive your right to appeal your removal if you overstay the 90 days (with the exception of making an asylum claim and he said he didn't want to apply for asylum). The fact that a white guy at home depot gets pulled over after driving out of a home depot means his license plate was somehow flagged and this doesn't appear random.

This case rubs me the wrong way because there is reports of this individual complaining detentions is miserable in part because all the Hispanics stick together in detention and they don't speak English as if he doesn't really belong there because he is white and speaks English.

This is someone who could have legally migrated to ANY of the 27 European Union member states without needing visas, permits, or specific work authorization. He would have a leg up migrating to Canada or Australia as well. He has massive advantages that the vast majority of undocumented immigrants don't have who come here with no other options if they want to feed themselves and their families. I have much more sympathy for these migrants and wish for years and years and years there had been more uproar over these hardworking migrants getting deported. But of course the white Irish guy gets the media spotlight. 
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