Connecticut man granted 30-day reprieve from deportation
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An immigrant facing deportation to Guatemala has been granted a 30-day reprieve hours before he was to be put on a plane to Central America.
Luis Barrios had been scheduled to board a flight from New York on Thursday morning.
Barrios and his lawyer, Erin O'Neil-Baker, announced Wednesday afternoon outside his Derby, Connecticut, home that immigration officials are allowing him to stay in the U.S. for another month while they review his case.
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His immigration status was flagged after a 2011 traffic stop over a broken tail light, but there was no attempt to deport him until President Donald Trump made immigration enforcement a priority.
Barrios had said he left Guatemala in 1992 amid threats to his family.
The 51-year-old septic worker is a married father of four U.S.-born children.