José Rodas
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José José Rodas
A federal immigration court judge in Manhattan yesterday dismissed the deportation proceedings against José Rodas, a 7-year-old whose case was described in a front-page article in The New York Times on Friday about how low-level immigration gatekeepers and prosecutors are using their growing discretionary power over travelers .Immigration authorities had been trying to deport José over the protests of his mother, Emily Arroyo,  ever since he returned from a brief trip to his native Canada two years ago without the right visa. As the minor child of a citizen, José is eligible to apply for permanent residency now that he is no longer in deportation proceedings.