Andy Cohencouldn’t believe the news when he learned thatJoe Giudiceis facing deportation.
“I want to talk about some Bravo news,” Cohen said during Monday’s episode of Radio Andy, explaining that he had just gotten off a plane to London when he learned that a judge ruled that Joe, the husband ofReal Housewives of New JerseystarTeresa Giudice, will bedeported to his native Italyat the end of his prison sentence.
Joe, 48, is currently serving out a 41-month prison sentence for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud that began in March 2016. He is set to be released in 2019. Teresa, 46,served a little over 11 monthsin prison for thesame crimesand was released in December 2015.
“Why not sentence him to community service or to something else that he could do to enrich the community instead of deporting him?” he asked. “He spent his whole life here. He’s got kids, he’s got a family, he’s never lived in Italy, I’m really upset about it. My heart just really goes out to Teresa and the kids.”
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Even though Joe has lived in America since he was a child, henever obtained American citizenship, and immigrants can be deported from the United States if they are convicted of “a crime of moral turpitude” or an “aggravated felony,” according to U.S. law.
Joe has 30 days to appeal the immigration court’s ruling.
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However, as Cohen pointed out, Teresa could have another option to help her husband:President Donald Trump.
“Teresa knows the president, maybe she can make an appeal,” theWatch What Happens Live Hostadded. “Teresa, call your friend in the White House.”
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Teresabroke her social media silenceabout her husband’s legal troubles on Sunday, sharing an image of theStatue of Liberty covering her eyes with her hands, seemingly crying.
The couple shares four children: daughtersGia, 17, Gabriella, 14,Milania, 12, and Audriana, 9.
source: people.com
