Let’s not forget, thousands of these Guatemalans came here on ‘temporary status’ after some ‘natural disaster’. They didn’t go home, and neither will the millions of Haitians.
Domestic violence victim granted asylum in US
Dec. 16, 2009.
After suffering 10 years of extreme sexual, physical and mental abuse at the hands of her husband, Rody Alvarado fled her native Guatemala in 1995 and applied for "asylum" in the US. ("Asylum" revs up the US gravy train)
After a torturous 14-year battle with federal officials over whether domestic violence qualifies for refugee status, an immigration judge granted Alvardo's application and she will remain permanently in the United States. (Sucking off taxpayers forever.)
Alvarado said in court papers her physical, mental and sexual abuse began soon after she married a former military man when she was 16. Her husband pistol-whipped her, routinely beat her, and kicked her in the spine to abort her second pregnancy, she said. He also tracked her down and beat her after she fled several times to other areas of Guatemala, threatening to kill her each time. He once beat her into unconsciousness in front of her two children.
OH, THIS IS G-O-O-D She was so desperate and fearful that she fled to Brownsville, Texas, without her children. She said she was stopped by a Border Patrol official but allowed to proceed after "promising to report to an immigration office."
NOW GET THIS She boarded a flight to San Francisco because it was the destination of other Guatemalans traveling with her. "She randomly met a native Guatemalan awaiting the arrival of her daughter-in-law. The woman invited Alvarado to spend the night, and she ended up staying with the family for two years." (Watta coincidence.)
Alvarado said her legal victory is bittersweet. She has not seen her children since she left. Her son is now 22 and her daughter 17. They speak on the telephone occasionally, but the relationship is estranged. The children were raised by their father's parents and do not understand why she left.
(Soon they will all be here, draining the US Treasury. Hubby will "suddenly" become a loving spouse once the US tax dollars start rolling in.)
But the earthquake is also an argument for why we need to fix TPS — it's a necessary tool, but as currently structured it functions as a permanent amnesty for anyone "lucky" enough to come from a country that suffers a natural (or even man-made) disaster. As far as I've been able to determine, not a single person who has ever been granted this "temporary" status has later been deported.
This is why open-borders groups have been pushing for TPS for Haitians for years, long before the earthquake, simply as a means to amnesty the 30,000 Haitian illegals who already have deportation orders (not to mention the thousands of others who haven't been caught — in 2000, the INS estimated 76,000 Haitian illegals). The Obami have been resisting (just as the Bushies resisted) granting TPS because of the real possibility that it would precipitate new waves of boat people. There's little question TPS will be granted now, but there's also little chance this administration will want to phase it out eventually unless they face oversight by Congress and the public.