Deportations of parents can cast the lives of U.S.-citizen kids into turmoil

Washington Post. ^ | December 29,2013 | Michael Alison Chandler

[moonshinner_09]

Twelve-year-old Jason Penate spent the holidays hanging close by his father. They picked out a Christmas tree and decorated the front window of their Gainesville, Va., home with candy canes, and Jason tried very hard not to think about whether his father would still be here in the new year.

Jorge Penate, a Guatemalan national who came to the United States illegally in 1997, has a hearing scheduled Monday that will determine whether he can stay in the country. A drunken driving arrest two years ago launched deportation proceedings and cast his family’s future into uncertainty.Jason wrote a letter to the immigration judge, explaining that the three days his father was detained in 2011 “were the worst days of my life” and asking not to be separated from him again. “If he does have to leave I think every day of my life is going to be the worst,” Jason wrote.More than 1 million illegal immigrants were deported in the past three years, a record number reflecting increased enforcement efforts under the Obama administration. The crackdown has spun the lives of hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens — including children like Jason — into upheaval.

[dalereed]

Real simple take them with you!!

[SuperLuminal]

Tough! Deport them all!

[dfwgator]

As they say back in Mother Russia, “Tough Shitski.”

[hal ogen]

Arrest them. Seize any assets they may have. Deport them. When the kid grows up he can apply for admission legally.

[Liz]

Oh, cry me a river......separated from dear old Dad? That's not his main concern....no how. This salivating illegal is sweating b/c the US govt checks MIGHT stop if the drunken dad goes back.

US GOVT CHECKS CASHED UNDER SEVERAL IDENTITIES: UI, SSI, Workmen's Comp, TANF (temporary assistance to needy families), WICS (food assistance), subsidized Section 8 shelter, ObamaPhone subsidies, Utility Assistance subsidies, $5000 a year EITC checks per identity, hefty monthly "asylum" checks from SS ....

And....don't worry about sloshed Daddy------he wire transfers large amounts of US govt proceeds----for his early retirement in a sun- drenched Guatamelan slum.....where he'll live like a king on his US stash.

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PEW REPORT The US is the most important source of remittances to Latin America, accounting for 3/4's of last year's $52.9 billion total. -- wire transfers of US tax dollars accounted for the highest percentage of GDP in El Salvador (16.5%), Honduras (15.7%) and Guatemala 10%).-- The US is No. 1 nation from which illegals' wire transfers originate, sending $123.3 billion abroad in 2012.

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WIKI The Guatemalan population at the 2010 Census was 1,044,209. Guatemalans are the fifth largest Hispanic group in the United States and the second largest Central American population, after Salvadorans.Half of the Guatemalan population is situated in two parts of the country, the Northeast and Southern California. A combined population of 267,335 resides in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego counties. The Northeast megalopolis, extending from Northern Virginia to north of Boston is home to a population of 257,729 Guatemalans. Cities such as Langley Park, Maryland, Trenton, New Jersey, Stamford, Connecticut, Providence, Rhode Island, and Lynn, Massachusetts have significant concentrations of Guatemalans along the corridor

[Kenny Bunk]

The children born to foreign diplomats in the US aren’t automatically citizens.

Crux of the matter. Neither are the children of illegal aliens citizens ... really. It's just a sloppy and stupid habit we have fallen into, i.e., equating birth here with citizenship.

It all has to do with interpreting the word "jurisdiction." Illegal aliens and non-citizens remain under the jurisdiction of the nations of which they are already citizens. That is precisely why they can be deported.

[WashingtonSource]

Cry me a river, Washington Post. And then, drop dead.

[jmacusa]

You’re right. It’s a sloppy and mangled interpretation of the 14th. Amendment. End birthright citizenship for illegals and the problem will end overnight.

[Fledermaus]

And why with just Mexico? I don’t see these libs putting their money where their mouths are and advocating we ferry over millions of Chinese since they just “want to provide a future for their families”.

Liberalism is a mental disorder.

[x]

End birthright citizenship for illegals and the problem will end overnight.

You're assuming that the parents' countries of origin would take the children in?

Maybe, but they may just decide that that would make things too easy for the US.

[jmacusa]

What I'm saying is what has been kicked around Congress from time to time, as I believe Tom Tancredo wanted to do and that was clarify the 14th, Amendment and make it plain that children born to parents who are here illegally are not citizens and are subject to the jurisdiction of their country of origin. Pick 'em up, pack 'em up and ship 'em back to where they came from.In Mexico for instance you just can't walk out of the country. You're supposed to get an exit visa or permit. And to get back in you're supposed to do the same thing which is why , among other reasons Mexicans don't want to go back. But Mexico is a kleptocracy that has never been a society based on the rule of law so good luck with that. As all of us are I'm sick and f**king tired of America being an unassimilated boardinghouse for the Third World and Mexico in particular is a country I don't like or respect and the same goes for the Mexican people. They have none for themselves or for us.