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He said he\u2019d lived 33 years in the United States on and off as an undocumented immigrant, has one US citizen son, and made a habit of giving odd jobs to US citizens in his mechanic shop in Fort Worth, Texas. As he told his story in a deportee reception center in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, he kept returning to the theme of having never, \u201ccost the United States a nickel.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u201cI never asked for anything,\u201d he said, his voice breaking and his eyes filling with tears, \u201cfood stamps, assistance, nothing.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tOrlando told us he left his home state of Guerrero, Mexico, and crossed the border alone at age 13. Like many undocumented Mexicans, he started out working in agriculture, but kept finding new jobs that boosted his pay \u2013 at the Cowboy Concert Hall in Arlington, Texas, in hotels, and, in Dallas, as a foreign-car parts salesman. 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His older son, in college is a \u201cDREAMer\u201d \u2013 an immigrant brought to the US as a child, who would qualify for legal status under the proposed bill, the DREAM Act, is often described as a DREAMer.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tNone of that prevented the events of early June in Fort Worth, when he got into an argument with his brother that ended with his brother smashing all the windows in Orlando\u2019s car. Having prospered so long in the United States, he forgot the cardinal rule of many undocumented immigrants: Never call the police.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\t\u201cThe police come, tell me, \u2018Turn around,\u2019 and put the cuffs on me. My brother said that I hit him, and they charged me with domestic violence,\u201d Orlando said, his eyes shiny with tears. Orlando spent three days in the Arlington jail, until his brother signed a statement that Orlando had never hit him.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026#13;\n\tBy then, Orlando had drawn the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and was on the path to deportation. Instead of going before an immigration judge, Orlando signed an order of voluntary removal. He wiped his eyes with his sleeve, then again burst into tears. \u201cMy wife and I each have US$500,000 life insurance because if we die I don\u2019t want to give the United States any trouble,\u201d he sobbed. \u201cWhat did I do? What did I do?\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u0026#13;\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \n\n \n \n\n \n \n\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null}]