|
| |
 |
 |
Gifford Miller Seeks To Stop Deportation Of Irish Family
-
View video:
|
DECEMBER 15TH, 2003
A group of state and city officials on Monday called on the federal
government to grant asylum to an Irish family facing deportation.
The federal government has rejected the McAllister family's political asylum
pleas because Malachy McAllister had prior convictions in Ireland. Malachy,
his wife and their four children fled Ireland in 1988 after 25 shots were
fired into their Belfast home. They escaped to Canada, and came to
Wallington, New Jersey, in 1996.
A resolution was introduced by City Council Speaker Gifford Miller today
asking the president and Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge to stop the
deportation.
"The reality here is that a good, hard working man was terrorized in his
homeland, and I'm calling on the president to bring some relief to this
family and to grant him and his family the asylum he deserves so they can
stay here in peace,” said Miller.
“The real question is, who are the terrorists? We certainly are no threat to
the security of this country and never will be," said Malachy McAllister.
McAllister served a three-year prison sentence for his involvement in the
shooting of a police officer in Ireland.
|
|
