Posted on 07/21/2005 5:29:09 AM PDT by sonsofliberty2000
Today I am writing from a sorta weird position. I am truly in a paradox, and need help and advice.
I am writing about Rigo Garcia, my step-father now, but before a friend. He was introduced to me by my mother, and most times when this happens I end up either really not liking the person, or trying to ignore them due to a wanting to not like them. Neither occured with Rigo.
Here comes the issue: Rigo was here illegally in the US. He was arrested several months back for being an illegal, and while in prison my mom and him married (they did really love each other, and please discard the marrying for a green card thing, that is a movie cliche for the most part). His history as well as I can place it is this: He came in the early 1980's legally from Honduras with his parents and brother (maybe a sister, but I'm lacking a little info). He met a girl, they had a dauhter, and then he made a huge mistake by getting arrested with cocaine. They exported him. He decided that his daughter was worth the risk, and regretted his decision to do drugs andcame back. He settled down, worked many jobs, paid child support and started his own business. When I met him in New Bern, NC, a place many of you will recognize as my last port of call, he was working his own business as well as a full-time job. He had a house, and many nice things. The American Dream as some might call it. This all came crashing around him. I decided at the time to not write of these things, deciding the court would work it out. According to my mom the judge even told Rigo that he was an example of what an immigrant can come and do in America, especially those coming from an impoverished country such as Honduras.
So now my quandry: I am a staunch supporter of closing our borders. All know this from my previous writings and from personal knowledge. At the same time I feel they have bungled this. The judge was going to release him, but the INS instead of stopping the thousands a day in the border states have decided to export him anyways. I will not saywhether I feel my mother was stupid for her marrying him, nor will I judge Rigo. He did what many fathers would do in that situation, though he would even say he should have been more responsible. The current situation is this: the judge was expected to release him this week, but INS came and took him away. No one, including the lawyer as far as my mom knows, knows where they took him. I'm glad the INS has started to do their job, but I love how they have decided to fish for fish in barrels, and not those flowing over the border, where a simple net would catch them. My question is this: What can be done to help this man, if anything? Also, will you help me to help him? I do not see a quandry here, I see an agency trying to make it look like they are cracking down hard on illegals, but instead chasing those who made no waves, or attempt to hide.
ping
Sorry, but an illegal is an illegal. Deport him.
Do you forget which site you are posting to?
Why/ how did he get picked up the second time?
Contacted your congressman?
I don't see any problem with them enforcing the law. I just wish it were more consistent. Sure, it sucks for him to have gotten busted, but he was here illegally.
That said, I hope you and your mom are able to regain contact with him when he is back in Honduras where he belongs. Good luck.
Nothing ought to be done.
The INS's failure to stop other illegals has nothing to do with this case.
It is arguable that if they don't do something about THIS guy, then they are serious about stopping ANY illegals. And it is hard to see how INS agents in North Carolina can stop illegals currently crossing the border.
He screwed up. Apparently he screwed up over and over. If he was such a great father he should have focused on his children rather than starting a brand new family. But after all these years of living as an illegal, we're supposed to be concerned that he's being "unfairly" singled out? Hardly.
Bye bye, Rigo.
I'm sorry about the unhappiness this is causing you all.
Unfortunately, thems the breaks. Is there not an immigration attorney that Rigo/your mom can contact? They are the ones who know the law.
If he is married to your mom, isn't he regarded as a legal resident?
He knew the drill. So did your mom. It's truly that simple.
You roll the dice, you take your chances. He had AMPLE opportunity to apply for citizenship and, apparently, chose not to.
His choice; and he chose poorly.
Things aren't always as black and white as some would want them to be.
When you have to deal with reality, as George W. Bush and Vicente Fox are trying to do, it's not so simple.
I was about to say, that's an invitation to a 600-reply thread ;)
Carolyn
I'd say get an immigration attorney right away. Correction, get a GOOD immigration attorney, there are a lot of imcompetents in that field it seems to me.
Good luck to your mom and her hubby. ANd of course, they should work on closing the border first (see tagline).
You are "truly in a paradox" but "do not see a quandry here".
Man, that is an enigma.
Just because you're the center of the universe, and you are personally involved, doesn't mean that actions don't have consequences, and in your case the universe should operate by a different set of rules.
I lost track of the crimes or pathetic moves this "sterling citizen" perpetrated, by your own list.
The honest ones, waiting often for years to do things right, under identical "impoverished circumstances" in your mind don't even exist, so screw 'em.
I'll make this short: the slimebucket should be doing hard time.
NO ONE IS ARRESTED FOR BEING HERE ILLEGALY. THEY ONLY GET SENT BACK TO THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN. YOU DO GET ARRESTED FOR CRIMES.
NO SYMPATHY HERE.
Yeah, Illegal Aliens are bad.
Unless it happens to be your Illegal Alien.
You're a staunch hypocrite.
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