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Statue doesn’t do Cristiano Ronaldo justice

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Rory Marsden Featured ColumnistMarch 29, 2017

A bust of Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been slammed as “questionable” and “horrifying” after it was unveiled atÂ the Aeroporto da Madeira.

Per TheÂ Telegraph‘s Sean Gibson, the airport has been renamed theÂ Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport to honour the island’s most famous citizen, but the new statue unveiled to mark the occasion bears little resemblance to the four-time Ballon d’Or winner:

Reaction to the bust has been mixed. The Football Ramble echoed the thoughts of many:

Meanwhile, BBC Sport’s Dan Walker felt there may have been some confusion over the subject of the sculpture:

Agence France-Presse’s Tom Williams was reminded of another suspect statue of the former Manchester United star, which stands outside his personal museum:

Betting company Coral eschewed the opportunity to joke at Ronaldo’s expense and simply stated the obvious:

Bleacher Report UK got in on the fun:

Simon Peach of the Press Association thought the bust looked quite familiar:

The comparisons didn’t end there, per Dan O’Connell of Radio X:

Per football writer Richard Gibson, though, the star himself seemed to take it in good spirit:

Ronaldo will likely return to action with Real against Alaves in La Liga on Sunday after scoring against both Sweden and Hungary for Portugal during the international break. Â

Statue doesn’t do Cristiano Ronaldo justice

FRANCISCO LEONG/Getty Images

Rory Marsden Featured ColumnistMarch 29, 2017

A bust of Real Madrid and Portugal superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been slammed as “questionable” and “horrifying” after it was unveiled atÂ the Aeroporto da Madeira.

Per TheÂ Telegraph‘s Sean Gibson, the airport has been renamed theÂ Cristiano Ronaldo International Airport to honour the island’s most famous citizen, but the new statue unveiled to mark the occasion bears little resemblance to the four-time Ballon d’Or winner:

Reaction to the bust has been mixed. The Football Ramble echoed the thoughts of many:

Meanwhile, BBC Sport’s Dan Walker felt there may have been some confusion over the subject of the sculpture:

Agence France-Presse’s Tom Williams was reminded of another suspect statue of the former Manchester United star, which stands outside his personal museum:

Betting company Coral eschewed the opportunity to joke at Ronaldo’s expense and simply stated the obvious:

Bleacher Report UK got in on the fun:

Simon Peach of the Press Association thought the bust looked quite familiar:

The comparisons didn’t end there, per Dan O’Connell of Radio X:

Per football writer Richard Gibson, though, the star himself seemed to take it in good spirit:

Ronaldo will likely return to action with Real against Alaves in La Liga on Sunday after scoring against both Sweden and Hungary for Portugal during the international break. Â

ICE will release DREAMer after 6 weeks

Immigration Judge John Odell granted bond for Ramirez, who has been in custody since early February, a spokesperson from Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

Ramirez, 23, testified for about 40 minutes during an immigration bond hearing on Tuesday and is expected to post $15,000 bond sometime before his release on Wednesday, said Manny Rivera, the spokesman for his legal team.

Ramirez’ case rattled immigrant rights groups, which have been increasingly nervous about President Donald Trump’s immigration policy including its impact on DREAMers.

The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act, or DREAM Act, was first introduced in 2001 and had been reintroduced in Congress several times, but failed to pass. The bill aimed to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented children who grew up in the United States.

DREAMers are undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children and can apply to stay in the country as long as they pass background checks. The program established by Obama’s executive order in 2012 is called the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA.

Ramirez came to the US from Mexico with his parents illegally when he was 7. He had twice been granted permission to temporarily live and work in the country under DACA, his lawyers said.

Ramirez was arrested February 10 in Washington during an ICE raid that initially targeted his father.

“Daniel has been in detention for almost two months,” said Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., a member of Ramirez’ legal team. “We are relieved that he will be released and look forward to arguing the merits of this case in federal court.”

Conflicting portrayals of the man

While his lawyers call Ramirez a “law abiding” young father, federal immigration officials have an entirely different label: “self-admitted gang member.”

The government alleges Ramirez told immigration agents he is a gang member, an affiliation that generally disqualifies undocumented immigrants from gaining DACA protection.

But Ramirez’ lawyers filed a lawsuit in federal court, saying he is not a gang member and that immigration agents never had any legal cause to take him to a holding facility where it was alleged to have made the disputed confession.

Meanwhile, advocates hope that Ramirez’ arrest does not indicate that the Department of Homeland Security is proceeding in a new direction for DREAMers.

About 750,000 people have received permission to stay under DACA.

When asked whether DREAMers should be worried, Trump previously told ABC News, “They shouldn’t be very worried. I do have a big heart.”

CNN’s Rosa Flores, Jason Hanna and Ariane de Vogue contributed to this report.