Mistakenly Deported U.S. Citizen Still Missing, U.S. Government Still Doesn't Care

Remember that time the friendly folks at Immigration and Customs Enforcement mistakenly deported a 29 year-old, mentally disabled American citizen from Los Angeles to Tijuana? This week, L.A. Weekly published an exclusive 5-page feature story following Pedro Guzman's mother on her quest to find him. María Carbajal's search has gone from being around-the-clock in Tijuana to weekly trips south of the border that have run all the way up to this past Saturday. By now, you figure the U.S. bureaucrats who screwed up in the first place would lend her a hand. Oh, wait--they decided a month ago not to:

In mid-June, although he admitted it would be the “right” and “moral” thing to do, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson denied the ACLU’s request to order the Department of Homeland Security to intervene and conduct a search for Pedro in Tijuana.

Who can blame them? We hear Tijuana's the kind of place where you make mistakes so you never have to think about them again. Lost In Tijuana [LA Weekly] Image [Gregory Bojorquez / LA Weekly] Earlier, U.S. Deports Mentally Disabled, Hispanic American In A Move That Can Only Be Called Retarded