Immigrant rights activist Eduardo Samaniego to be deported

After 100 days of incarceration, local immigrant rights activist Eduardo Samaniego has accepted so-called “voluntary departure” and will be deported to Mexico, a country he left a decade ago. In October, Samaniego was arrested in Georgia after forgetting his wallet and failing to pay $27.75 in cab fare - a misdemeanor charge. But because of his immigration status, Samaniego was transferred from jail to the custody of ICE, and on Friday Samaniego decided to accept deportation before an immigration judge. Samaniego’s lawyer, Charles Kuck, said the judge presiding over the case ignored Kuck’s partner’s argument that Samaniego wasn’t capable of...