Riding Transit Should Never Be a Pathway to Deportation

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By Stephen MillerJun 1, 2017, 11:54 am108 pts
A sad story has been unfolding over the past few weeks in the Twin Cities, where a transit fare enforcement stop led to a man being deported. The officer who initiated the stop, Andy Lamers, has since been fired, but it was too late for the passenger, Ariel Vences-Lopez, 23. Video posted to Facebook from a…

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