As the article is murky on that topic I can only glean as you did. She came here in 1987, thru Mexico. This is typical for illegal aliens, so that could lead one to believe she was one at least when she came over. She brought her 4 year old son, who did not become a legal permanent resident until 2001. I’m not positive what that means, but it sounds like he was not legally here. If she was, why wasn’t he?
At any rate, I never made any definitive statement about her status, so I’m not sure why you chose me to address. Maybe because everyone else is ignoring you.
susie
Another article has this “It also emerged that one of the fugitives, Rodolfo Godinez, obtained a green card in 2001 and was allowed to stay in the United States despite later robbery and assault arrests, immigration authorities said yesterday.”
If his mother was legal, wouldn’t he have been as well in 2000 before getting this green card?
She had two bad seeds.....can we all agree on that????
It appears she was here legal and sent for the oldest cretin after she got here.
It appears she had the youngest cretin in USA.
Both have different fathers.
It would be too easy to blame her for the actions of her sons.
It would also have been typical for Nicaraguan refugees, of which she was one. The smart money would go on the assumption that she's here as a result of the political asylum rules that were in place at the time.
She brought her 4 year old son,
Probably incorrect. According to the story, "She said she saved money and sent for 4-year-old Rodolfo, whose father abandoned her when she was pregnant." A rather different scenario -- albeit an irrelevant one if she was here due to gaining political asylum.
who did not become a legal permanent resident until 2001.
If he was 4 in 1987, that makes him 18 in 2001. He was eligible to be a "legal dependent" until age 21. However, the story says he "moved out when he was a teenager," and it seems likely that his own registration for permanent residency dates from that point.
All in all, you have not made a particularly compelling argument.