Former IRA Member Faces Removal

Things have calmed down in Northern Ireland.  Nonetheless, AP reports that a former Irish Republican Army member who has lived for 25 years in California is facing possible deportation. “Pol Brennan, convicted [IRA] member . . . and escapee from a notorious prison outside Belfast, was nabbed with an expired work permit . . . in January.  He has been detained ever since, awaiting a hearing Wednesday and Thursday on whether he’ll finally earn legal residency or be deported to Northern Ireland, where his wife says he’ll face retaliation.”

KJ