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		</div><h6 id="ext-gen68"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Undocumented California man has been picked up by ICE after appearing in court to seek a restraining order against his daughter&#8217;s molester</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Marcos Villanueva of Irvine f</strong>aces deportation after he sought a restraining order against a relative</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The 40-year-old dad, alleged that his 12-year-old daughter was being molested by a neighbor who is a relative</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;">Marcos Villanueva was detained August 8, two days after testifying in court against the suspect, a 51-year-old uncle who lived two doors away from the family<br />
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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>It&#8217;s believed the accused man called ICE as an act of revenge against the allegation</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Villanueva fled to the U.S. from Honduras 13 years ago after witnessing a murder &#8211; </strong></span><b><span style="color: #000000;"> is scheduled for deportation back to the country where he &#8216;would likely be kille</span></b><span style="color: #000000;">d ,&#8217; his family said</span></h6>
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<h6 class="count-text"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300845" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Marcos-Villanueva-1.jpg" alt="Marcos Villanueva 1.JPG" width="761" height="410" />Protective dad: Marcos Villanueva [photo], has been arrested by ICE agents after his court appearance seeking to safeguard his minor daughter</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A man from California has been detained by immigration officials after he appeared in court to seek a restraining order against a relative who allegedly molested his 12-year-old daughter.<br />
&#8216;It&#8217;s hard to live without him. It&#8217;s frustrating,&#8217; asks the victim&#8217;s older sister who is wondering the culprit is still walking free.<br />
&#8216;What my uncle did to my sister — why is he not in jail? Why are we still looking at his face?<br />
Marcos Villanueva&#8217;s oldest daughter Keyli said the prospect of her father&#8217;s deportation from the U.S. has been devastating.<br />
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Villanueva on August 8, just two days after he testified in court to defend his 12-year-old daughter, <a class="class" href="https://ktla.com/2018/10/22/anaheim-father-facing-deportation-after-testifying-against-daughters-molester-family-says/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">according</a> to his attorney Willard Bakerman.<br />
The girl had accused her 51-year-old uncle of molesting her. A judge dismissed the case in July due to lack of evidence his family said, according to the <a class="class" href="https://www.ocregister.com/2018/10/20/anaheim-man-faces-deportation-suspects-man-suspected-of-molesting-his-daughter-tipped-ice/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">O.C. Register</a>.</p>
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<h6 class="image-wrap fff-pic"><img class="alignnone wp-image-300846" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Marcos-Villanueva-2.jpg" alt="Marcos Villanueva 2.JPG" width="531" height="792" /><br />
<strong>Marcos Villanueva [photo], faces imminent deportation, having been picked up by ICE after appearing in court to seek a restraining order against a 51-year-old male relative who allegedly molested his daughter</strong></h6>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Marcos Villanueva, a professional house painter, who&#8217;s being held at a facility near Irvine, California had no criminal record, according to his lawyer. Now, he&#8217;s scheduled to be deported at 5 a.m. on Tuesday to Honduras, where Bakeman said he would likely by kidnapped and killed.<br />
Villanueva in his deposition alleged that his 12-year-old daughter was being molested by a neighbor, related to the family. The family believes the relative tipped off ICE in retaliation and the 40-year-old father was detailed two days later.<br />
&#8216;I was left without a husband, from one minute to the next, and I didn&#8217;t even know who took him,&#8217; Villanueva&#8217;s wife, Jenie Villalvir, told KTLA.<br />
&#8216;I believed in justice in this country. My husband, he doesn&#8217;t owe anyone anything. He is not a criminal. He pays his taxes every year. He is a good father. He is a good person,&#8217; said Jenie.<br />
&#8216;The man who should be in jail is out while my husband is detained,&#8217; she added.<br />
He is currently being held at a facility near Irvine, could be deported despite having no criminal record.</div>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Jenie Villalvir in the doorway of her Anaheim home on Thursday, October 18, 2018.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300848" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jenie-Villalvir-1.jpg" alt="Jenie Villalvir 1.jpg" width="863" height="575" />Jenie Villalvir and her children who worry over the fate of her husband, Marcos Villanueva, suspect immigration authorities were tipped off in retribution for the child sexual molestation charges they brought against a relative<br />
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">The family says Villanueva fled to the U.S. from Honduras 13 years ago under fear for his life after witnessing a friend&#8217;s murder. Now he could be deported to Honduras, where he would likely be kidnapped and killed.<br />
&#8216;This is probably the most unjust and unfair case I&#8217;ve ever seen,&#8217; Bakeman told KTLA.<br />
He called Villanueva&#8217;s situation an example of ICE targeting victims rather than criminals.<br />
Furthermore Bakeman said, the restraining order Villanueva&#8217;s family had been seeking was not granted. The man accused of molesting Villanueva&#8217;s pre-teen daughter lives two doors away from their home.<br />
Willard Bakeman suspects his client immigration status was brought to the attention the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of Villanueva’s illegal immigration status after the uncle accused of the molestation tipped ICE off<br />
However, ICE say they had previously ordered Villanueva&#8217;s deportation in 2005 but he failed to go to court at the time because the notice didn&#8217;t indicate a time or location.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300847" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ICE-deportation-order-on-Marcos-Villanueva-3.jpg" alt="ICE deportation order on Marcos Villanueva 3.JPG" width="756" height="333" /><strong>Ice removal order on Marcus Villanueva-Bustillos</strong></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">ICE says that anyone who violates immigration laws are subjected to be removed from the U.S.<br />
&#8216;I know he&#8217;s not the only person that goes through this, but he deserves another chance,&#8217; his daughter Keyli said. &#8216;He deserves to be back with his family.&#8217;<br />
Villanueva first was detained in August 2005 in Texas. Immigration officials issued him a notice to appear in court. Villanueva failed to attend, and the government ordered him removed in absentia.<br />
He didn’t show up, Bakeman said, because the notice failed to include date, time or location.<br />
The order was “fatally defective,” making Villanueva’s deportation order not valid, Bakeman argued in court documents.<br />
In response to the allegations, ICE remains steadfast in its policies in that who violates immigration laws is subject to removal from the U.S.<br />
&#8216;While ICE continues to focus its enforcement resources on individuals who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security, the agency does not exempt classes or categories of removable aliens from potential enforcement,&#8217; ICE said in a statement.</div>
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