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Eugene Sands and deportation

Here we have a 76 year old ex-US police officer who is living in the UK on his US pension (not on benefits) who made the mistake of not getting a proper visa when he came to the UK to bury his ex-wife and overstayed on his visa. He is now told that he will be deported and is not allowed to remain to tend his wife's grave.

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Anonymous said…
He is not bothering anyone nor costing anyone anything.

It is pretty simple he just wants to be near his dead wife, sometimes laws just collide with commonsense & this is one occasion.

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