Why aren’t the parents trying to legally enter America now?
Gladys Gonzalez, 55, and Nelson Gonzalez, 59, originally entered the U.S. without authorization near San Ysidro in November 1989, an ICE spokesperson said in a statement. Both were ordered to leave the country in 2000 after an immigration judge granted them voluntary departure, ICE said. Over the years, they pursued multiple legal avenues to stay, including appeals to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, according to ICE.
An ICE spokesperson confirmed that neither Gladys Gonzalez nor Nelson Gonzalez has a criminal record. But the couple “exhausted all legal options to remain in the U.S. between March 2000 and August 2021,” according to ICE, and are now in violation of U.S. immigration law.
Their detention has devastated their family, who say the couple had always followed the rules.
“They have never broken the law, never missed an appointment, and this sudden occurrence has left us in shock,” the couple’s daughters, who were raised in the U.S., wrote in a GoFundMe fundraiser launched to cover legal costs and help the couple prepare for life in Colombia.
I’ll bet they’ve had lawyers paid for by US government via NGOs. Lawyers paid a lot, and for years, by tax dollars.
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.
“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