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Fence doesn't stop bittersweet reunions (immigration sob story - captions, please)
Houston Chronicle ^
| 5/12/08
| Ashley Surdin
Posted on 05/13/2008 6:00:32 AM PDT by redstates4ever
"Francelia Menchaca drove with her family from Phoenix to the Tijuana border to see her mother at the fence on Saturday.
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You can walk to the U.S. border, Francelia Menchaca's immigration lawyer advised her, but don't put your fingers through its fence. It may hinder her immigration paperwork, the lawyer said.
But when, after a year apart, Menchaca's mother arrived in her flowered straw hat to the border in Tijuana on Saturday and put her small, wrinkled hands up to the cast-iron gate, Menchaca reached out and touched them.
"Were you anxious to touch my hand?" Menchaca asked in Spanish. Tears stood on her lashes.
"Yes," said her mother, Francisca Rodriguez, a resident of Tijuana, as her three grandchildren, including a 10-month-old girl she had never seen, strained to be near her.
TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: aliens; crymeariver; illegals; immigrantlist; immigrants; immigration
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Typical Houston Chronicle. Can't you just hear the violins in the background?
To: reagan_fanatic; OESY; Thrownatbirth; Lady Jag; ShorelineMike; dead; Lucky9teen; PBRSTREETGANG; ...
Caption this immigration sob story *ping*
To: redstates4ever
Too bad it’s not a prison fence instead of a border fence.
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:02:29 AM PDT
by
Ouderkirk
(DemocRATS....the party of Slavery, Segregation, Secularism, and Sedition)
To: redstates4ever
This is asinine!
GO TO *MEXICO* AND VISIT HER, DRAMA QUEEN. STAY AS LONG AS YOU LIKE...
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:03:27 AM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(La Raza hates white folks. And John McCain loves La Raza!)
To: redstates4ever
Oh for cryin’ out loud! Fry me a liver!
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:03:47 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(If my dog had hands, he could be a surgeon. He's already smart enough.)
To: redstates4ever
Bitchin’ shades, makeup, healthy complexion...that must be the American side of the fence.
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:04:15 AM PDT
by
Huck
("Real" conservatives support OBAMA in 08 (that's how you know Im not a real conservative))
To: redstates4ever
Hey dumb@ss, the fence is NOT keeping you in AMERICA - drive over the border and visit your mother in Mexico.
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:05:28 AM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: redstates4ever
Last time I checked, American citizens can travel freely back and forth between the border. If that’s the case, then why the high tear jerk drama through the fence? Why not just cross the border and visit grandma? Could it be that the Menchaca’s are illegals? The article conveniently doesn’t specify.
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:08:51 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(The GOP death march to the gravesite is underway.)
To: redstates4ever
We need a bigger fence!
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:12:01 AM PDT
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
To: Ouderkirk
The story is ridiculous, since the young lady COULD take the grandkids to Mexico for a visit.
But I’m curious as to why you think it’s: “Too bad its not a prison fence instead of a border fence.”
It appears this particular family is trying to have its members LEGALLY immigrate. What’s wrong with that?
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:12:35 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: redstates4ever
Why such a big hole in the fence? And why isn’t it electrified?
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:12:55 AM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: 2banana
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:14:38 AM PDT
by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: P8riot
And why isnt it electrified?Because this isn't East Berlin?
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:17:04 AM PDT
by
Pistolshot
(When you let what you are define who you are, you create racial divisiveness.)
To: redstates4ever
Simple solution.....
GO HOME!!
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:18:00 AM PDT
by
CAluvdubya
(A good man has come home to San Diego! Thank you Congressman Hunter)
To: redstates4ever
Was there a reason why Francisca Rodriguez couldn't just get a tourist visa (is one even needed to cross for a couple days to visit), get picked up by her family and driven to Phoenix for a real visit instead of standing at the fence?
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:19:30 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Pray for Rattendaemmerung: the final mutually destructive battle between Obama and Hillary in Denver)
To: Diogenesis
HEY, one of those arrows is pointing STRAIGHT at Culpeper, Virginia.
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:20:16 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: P8riot
Why such a big hole in the fence? And why isnt it electrified? And why aren't we using landmines... they can easily fill in the gaps where building the wall would be initially very expensive.
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:20:32 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Save America - Ban Ethanol Now!)
To: redstates4ever
Tell Mexico to let this daughter move to their country so she can be with her mother. Why is Mexico so MEAN?!!!
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:21:25 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Osama Obama claims to have visited 57 states now. Can you say Potatoe Head?)
To: WayneS
It appears this particular family is trying to have its members LEGALLY immigrate. Whats wrong with that? I don't know.
Francelia Menchaca's immigration lawyer advised her, but don't put your fingers through its fence. It may hinder her immigration paperwork, the lawyer said.
Why would putting her fingers through the fence hinder her immigration paperwork unless she is here illegally and trying to obtain legal status??
To: redstates4ever
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posted on
05/13/2008 6:21:35 AM PDT
by
JRios1968
("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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