The Deportees: names and faces
Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2025 6:25 pm
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-tuesday-edition-1.4855614/family-says-ice-deported-father-after-telling-him-they-found-his-wallet-1.4857049
Musmanno first arrived in the U.S. in 2000 under a visa waiver program. After his visa expired, he stayed.
He married his longtime partner and Paola's mother Fabiana Zuin in 2017, when she was a permanent resident. They have four children and two grandchildren.
Now his wife is a U.S. citizen and Paola said the couple recently filed a petition for Musmanno to get his green card.
She said immigration officials confirmed they had received the application and were processing it — something U.S. Customs and Border Protection denies.
"Maybe they can do the same thing that they do to my father or somebody the FBI is looking for or some guy who has bad record or criminal record. I understand that. Of course I want a better country, you know?" Paola said.
"But I don't understand why they deport my father, who has a petition already. I don't understand that. It's not fair. ... My father doesn't have any criminal record, not even a parking ticket."