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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 926248" data-attributes="member: 12952">WICHITA (AP) — A Wichita man who has lived illegally&nbsp; in the United States for 22 years is fighting what his attorney says&nbsp; would be a lifetime expulsion from the country. Manuel Amparan-Mendoza faces sentencing Jan. 18 for using fraudulent&nbsp; documents. Federal guidelines call for a maximum six-month sentence.&nbsp;But prosecutors are seeking a sentence of a year and a day, which&nbsp; would make his conviction an aggravated felony, resulting in automatic&nbsp; deportation and a lifetime ban from the U.S.&nbsp;In a court filing Wednesday, Amparan-Mendoza’s attorney said the&nbsp; result would be inconsistent with President Barack Obama’s immigration&nbsp; policy. He calls the Mexican immigrant a simple man who has worked hard&nbsp; to support his family.&nbsp;The government argues Amparan-Mendoza used the identities of U.S. citizens to work, open bank accounts and buy a home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 926248, member: 12952"] [B]WICHITA (AP) — [/B]A Wichita man who has lived illegally in the United States for 22 years is fighting what his attorney says would be a lifetime expulsion from the country. Manuel Amparan-Mendoza faces sentencing Jan. 18 for using fraudulent documents. Federal guidelines call for a maximum six-month sentence. But prosecutors are seeking a sentence of a year and a day, which would make his conviction an aggravated felony, resulting in automatic deportation and a lifetime ban from the U.S. In a court filing Wednesday, Amparan-Mendoza’s attorney said the result would be inconsistent with President Barack Obama’s immigration policy. He calls the Mexican immigrant a simple man who has worked hard to support his family. The government argues Amparan-Mendoza used the identities of U.S. citizens to work, open bank accounts and buy a home. [/QUOTE]

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