Protester Arrested While Demanding That the U.S. Stop His Parents' Deportation
More than 30 people were arrested outside of Connecticut’s Ribicoff Federal Building on Monday morning, where they had gathered to protest the impending deportation of an undocumented couple who had raised their family in the Hartford community for nearly 25 years. One of the people arrested was the couple’s own son.
Franklin and Giaconda Ramos are scheduled to be deported back to Ecuador on Friday, 24 years after coming to the U.S. in 1993. Since moving to Connecticut, the Ramos family purchased a home, and sent their two sons—Jason and Erick, both U.S citizens—to college.
The Record Journal reported that Franklin and Giaconda Ramos were told on August 1 to provide proof of purchase for a one-way ticket to Ecuador by the end of that month, and have also been required to wear GPS-tracking ankle bracelets until their deportation. Neither has a criminal record.