Case of Mark Nelson, 46, is one of first since new measures were announced in last week’s immigration bill
A Jamaican man who has lived more than half his life in the UK is facing deportation to his home country in one of the first cases since new anti-immigration measures were announced in last week’s immigration bill.
Mark Nelson, 46, came to the UK in 2000 and set up his own car-mechanic business. He has five British children and a British partner. In 2017, he received a four-year prison sentence for growing cannabis plants, something he said he did after his business experienced financial problems. He has not committed any further offences.
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