Posted on 05/20/2007 8:34:16 AM PDT by truthkeeper
Deportation Laws May Tear Parents, Their Kids Apart
The Associated Press
CANCITA, Mexico - Since they joined their deported parents in Mexico, 7-year-old Adriana has stopped screaming "Papa!" in her sleep, and 10-year-old Yadira's asthma has eased. Pedro, 15, doesn't break into tears anymore, and Adrian, 12, thinks of his new life as an adventure.
For now, these American children are trying to ignore the wrenching decision they have to make by the end of summer: Stay with their parents in this bone-dry village where they bathe in a canal and use an outhouse, or return alone to some of America's best schools in Palo Alto, Calif.
Tens of thousands of families are facing similar choices, and even more soon could if Congress goes ahead with an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws.
About 3 million U.S.-born children have a parent who is living illegally in America, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, and since 2004 the government has been deporting illegal immigrants at a record rate.
The Senate is expected to begin debate Monday on a sweeping bill that would provide a pathway to citizenship for an estimated 12million illegal immigrants in the U.S. The bill would limit the importance of family ties, capping visas for parents of U.S. citizens at 40,000 a year and changing a preference system that for four decades has favored such ties.
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I am sure he is right on with his predictions on any of this..the man is a genious
This is not Americas fault, it was a conscious choice of the parents.
They decided to break American law and then decided to have “anchor” babies.
Many years ago, when I heard the term “undocumented persons”, I forecasted this thing would get entirely out of hand because of the no big deal sentiment started by hispanics and parroted by the left.
My View:
If you break the law, it’s a crime. That makes you a criminal. You are criminal because you are, and always have been, an illegal alien. I don’t care if your kids were born here. They were conceived by you who was here illegally. Take them back with you.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Cryin’ in her beer. I need a beer after that pic.
It sounds like there could be more to this story. He had a fulltime job. Why wouldnt Albertsons sponsor him for a green card?
Very good point...
Umm...because he already had a phony SS card?
When a parent breaks ANY law which as incarceration as a penalty, the parents and the kids are torn apart. The fault is not with the law. The fault lies with the parents who break it.
umm. she looks like a... oh nevermind.
Looks like the whole idea of bathing and shampooing ones hair is completely lost on Liberals
Tough tacos!
Phooey pass some laws AGAINST the employers and the immigrant insurgents WILL DEPORT THEMSELVES...
THEY WILL DEPORT THEMSELVES.. They will slink back accross the border exactly the way they came..
“A picture is worth a thousand words. Cryin’ in her beer. I need a beer after that pic”
They look a lot like Bubba and Hillary did in the ‘60’s.
Thanks for that link! I see a ton of stuff I want.
Then make a simple adjustment to the immigration policy.
If kids are under 18 or 21 years of age send them home with the parent/parents.
If the child was born in America, then the child, upon reaching the age of adulthood, can then petition immigration to allow them to immigrate to this country.
The author may have forgotten to put “East” in front of Palo Alto. It’s an outhouse.
You’re way smarter than these “senators.” Run for something, wouldya?
Stanford’s in Palo Alto, isn’t it?
Families are hurt by criminal activity all the time-it doesn’t morally require amnesty.
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