Deportation push seems at odds with Obama’s promise

The Boston Globe reports:

President Obama vowed last year to deport “felons, not families,” but try telling that to Edvan Costa.

The church deacon and Stoughton homeowner has not been charged with any crimes since he arrived in the United States illegally 17 years ago, but he has spent the last month in immigration jail fighting deportation to Brazil. He is married and the father of a daughter who is a US citizen. He has lived and worked in Massachusetts nearly half his life.

“I’m kind of confused,” said Costa, wearing arm and leg chains in a recent interview at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Burlington office. “I’m a clean guy.”

Contradictions abound in Obama’s immigration policies, and advocates for immigrants say they are fueling distrust in communities such as Boston, Somerville, and Lawrence and other cities that are home to significant immigrant communities.

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