Posted on 03/19/2025 7:22:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
An Orange County couple who came to the U.S. without authorization some 35 years ago, raised three daughters and now have a new grandson were deported to Colombia earlier this week, according to media reports.
Nelson Gonzalez, 59, and his wife Gladys Gonzalez, 55, originally entered the states near San Ysidro before ultimately settling in Laguna Niguel and starting their family.
While the couple tried numerous legal avenues to remain in the country over the years, including appeals to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the Board of Immigration Appeals, a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement told The Orange County Register that the Gonzalez’s had “exhausted all legal options to remain in the U.S. between March 200 and August 2021,” and were ultimately in violation of immigration law.
Their three daughters, Gabby, 23, Jessica, 33, and Stephanie, 27, all U.S. citizens, told KTLA that they were devastated when they learned their parents had been detained on Feb. 21 during a regular check-in with U.S. immigration officials.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
After spending over $10k to bring my wife into the United States legally from China, I don’t have much sympathy for them.
"Gladys has a Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in International Business and Social Justice from the University of the Incarnate Word. Gladys has a passion for serving, having done so since an early school age."
"Her motto is 'to those which much has been given, much is expected.'"
Makes me think about changing my name to Garcia. Then I can start my own GoFundMe fundraiser to help me prepare to live.....Wherever the heck I desire.
Let her take her social justice degree back to Columbia. I’m sure they’ve had plenty of help via social services=taxpayer money and paid for every kid she’s had here. Who’s social security number was she using? I bet she’s not paid any taxes in 35 years. Same for her husband. They should have self reported and left. They’d be in line to return, but no……they don’t have to follow the rules. Now they’re screwed because they refused to sign up.
They settled in Laguna OMG that is one of the wealthiest areas in Orange County, they have been here for 35 years and did NOTHING to become citizens?? Get the hell out they have done NOTHING to assimilate GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK!!
Boo-hooo
Another day another sob story....
NOW I know why they can afford to live in Laguna, she is on the gravy train of NGO’s ……..SPIT!!!
Anchor babies and illegal aliens. Jumped the Rio Grande - doesn’t matter when; they were here illegally. Send ‘em back.
THEY MAY NOT BE US CITIZENS
THEY ARE ANCHOR BABIES
Catholic Social Services has 50 different programs? They’re busy little beavers, aren’t they? Too bad they’ve strayed so far from the Catholic Church.
between March 200 and August 2021,...
that’s a long time!!
There’s a lot of charities and organizations donig that.
Them there catholic ones bother you the most, huh? :)
Gotta wonder why such “successful upstanding citizens” were repeatedly denied citizenship.
They were born here.
Good! They were criminals for 35 years! Enough is enough! Go break in to Iran or north Korea as illegal alians and see how well that goes!
“An ICE spokesperson confirmed that neither Gladys Gonzalez nor Nelson Gonzalez has a criminal record.”
WRONG! The fact that they are here is a crime.
CC
Works for me.
Illegal. Bye!
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