9/21/2023 0 Comments You dunno jamaican![]() ![]() But since I got locked up I lost everything. A lot of people know me as chef you know. For immigrants of color who have been impacted by the criminal legal system, Patrick’s words resonate, “I was fighting my case before Trump came into office and I’m still fighting my case. And fits squarely within Black Philadelphians’ long history of resistance to police violence and oppression. His fight to stay with his daughters, to continue working his craft, and living his life against the double punishment of deportation is powerful. But offenses involving drugs are common in all communities,” Lipscombe says. “Black immigrants like African Americans, live in communities that are over policed, heavily policed and thus they’re more likely to be arrested and then more likely to go through the criminal justice system. are Black immigrants - and yet Black immigrants comprise 21% of those in deportation proceedings as a result of criminal convictions. Like Patrick, roughly 7% of non-citizens in the U.S. It speaks to the ways in which multiple forms of injustice intersect to criminalize and funnel Black immigrants, in particular, into the detention and deportation machine. Patrick’s story is emblematic of the particular struggles of Black people caught between our discriminatory criminal legal and immigration systems - from policing to punishment. “What happened to Patrick and his family happened not just because he’s an immigrant but also because he’s black and because he is working class,” says Carl Lipscombe of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), who co-authored the landmark study on Black migrants in the U.S. immigration law allows for and regularly imposes on non-citizens. – from his daughters, his craft, and his community – for life.Ī cruel double punishment that U.S. Like many immigrants with old convictions, Patrick feared he would be banned from the U.S. As a greencard holder, ICE could deport Patrick over this one and only conviction from years back. ICE arrested Patrick at one of his probation visits. Instead of prison time, however, Patrick was sentenced to probation, which was later reduced to two years. ![]() Now short on cash, Patrick accepted a friend’s risky offer for help – and ended up getting arrested for a marijuana offense in Philadelphia. The restaurant closed down for a month while he took care of the funeral matters in Kingston, the brothers’ hometown. ![]() Patrick’s life was suddenly shook up after his brother passed away. Later on, Patrick became head chef of Mango Bush, a popular Jamaican restaurant, where many customers once flocked for his curry chicken and stewed peas. After impressing her with his curry chicken recipe, as he recounts, the two got married he obtained a greencard and eventually, they had three daughters. On that trip, he met an American woman at a Miami club and the two fell in love. for a soccer tournament eighteen years ago. Originally from Jamaica, he traveled to the U.S. Patrick Thaxter is a former chef who now works quietly in the kitchen of a good friend in Germantown, Philadelphia. Previous Episode | Main Page | Next Episode ![]()
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