Posted on 02/19/2015 1:17:43 PM PST by 11th_VA
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Brenda Armendariz, her husband and their two Mexico-born children were hoping to resolve their constant fears of being deported after President Barack Obama issued his latest executive orders on immigration.
But now that a federal judge in Texas has blocked Obama's efforts to protect four million more immigrants, her family is disillusioned and her children feel stuck as the president's offer of temporary legal status moves frustratingly beyond their reach.
About a third of the immigrants now living in the United States illegally would be eligible for temporary protection if Obama's latest orders are upheld in court, either because they were brought to the U.S. as children or because their own children have legal status in the country.
But the advances and retreats on reform have been so frequent over the years that many thousands of immigrants who are already eligible for protection have given up for now — they aren't applying for the work permits and Social Security numbers they are entitled to under Obama's first executive order in 2012.
There are a litany of reasons why, including general distrust of the government, fear they'll be deported, and the nearly $500 in fees it costs to apply. But the constant uncertainty created by Washington's political divide also keeps them away.
About 150 people have reached out to Arizona immigration attorney Lance Wells this week, reacting with bafflement, fear and dismay to the latest reversal, he said. His message: "Be patient guys. We kind of knew this would be coming."
But their patience is wearing thin...
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oh boo hoo, right?
They have brown skin - they shouldn’t have to obey our little laws.
It’s “white privilege” to demand that they follow the same laws the rest of us do.
I feel great sympathy for the plight of these poor people and sincerely hope the door doesn’t hit them on the way out.
ADIOS !
I don’t want them stuck. I want them in jail, then deported.
“they aren’t applying for the work permits and Social Security numbers they are entitled to under Obama’s first executive order in 2012.”
Who gave them the snotty attitude that they were “entitled?”
Let’s deport them too.
Their patience is wearing thin?
Talk about the tail wagging the dog!
My patience is done over and out on this.
Pack them up and ship them out today.
I just hate it when criminal trespassers live in “constant fear”
self-deportin’
I have some bubble wrap that I want to send them so they can pack.
Take some other illegals back home with you, Brenda.
They are not immigrants.
They are illegal aliens, and they need to get the Hell out.
Amen !!!
Oh well ,you should go home then , bye
Mark my words. Their threat to move back to Mexico is about as likely to be carried out as Democrats who don’t think the party is quite socialist enough are to vote Republican.
If you deport them, they will leave. If you refuse to deport them, they will come streaming across the border in an endless horde.
I can only hope that our next president follows Eisenhower's example.
“But their patience is wearing thin...”
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This is where I stopped reading.....and not because I was sobbing about their plight.
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