Posted on 10/13/2010 6:53:59 AM PDT by La Lydia
It is a bright afternoon early in the month, a moment of anxiety at a sun-faded apartment complex in north Phoenix. Down a dusty breezeway, workers are painting white a recently vacated unit...And across a barren courtyard, the blinds are drawn over the only window of another apartment, where a conversation is underway.
A week has passed since the state's controversial new immigration law took partial effect, since its supporters began waving signs - "Adios, illegals!" - and since the woman inside the apartment decided the city has become so dangerous for her that it is best to keep hidden inside.
"We are thinking she could go in the back of her uncle's truck - he drives an 18-wheeler," says the woman's husband, John, a U.S. citizen, suggesting how his wife, Viridiana, who is Mexican and crossed the U.S. border illegally eight years ago, might leave Arizona.
"I'm scared of that," says Viridiana, who has a disabled 5-year-old son and a 2-year-old daughter.
"We could all go in the van," John suggests. "But then I could be arrested for harboring . . . "
The discussion, one of many such conversations going on across Arizona, and especially Phoenix, the hot, flat sprawl that is the latest crucible in the national debate over the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants. The reason is the law and, more broadly, a shift in mood concerning illegal immigration. Although a federal judge blocked key parts of the measure in July - a federal appeals court hearing is set for Nov. 1 - the anger and frustration that inspired it has continued. At least five other states and more cities and towns have introduced similar legislation and, in this election season, politicians are blaming illegal immigrants for everything from crime to the festering economic malaise....
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I bet if you're heading towards Mexico they'd be willing to let it slide with the caveat that they give you an escort to the border.
I can’t even write today.... “run of the mill...”
Hasta La Vista baby..........
Stark choice? More like no choice. Bug outta’ my country.
For any sad story involving illegal aliens, you can find a sad story involving an American citizen. Kick out the sad illegal alien, and use the additional resources to help the American citizen. I have nothing more to say.
What?!! No Black helicopters?!! The aryan ninjas always rappel down from Black Helicopters!!
How did the Washington Post reporter find this person if she (the illegal) is so afraid of being noticed?
Air drop her into mexico from about 20,000 feet.
LLS
open borders ping
Cry me a river. She’s illegal. She’s subject to deportation. Adios, amiga.
Or, she could go down to the INS office and apply for permanent resident status. As the natural mother of a U.S. citizen, and as the wife of a U.S. citizen, there is a automated procedure for getting a green card.
You know, actually follow the law. And without a $10,000 lawyer fee.
Maybe you were thinking of the “running of the BULL”. Yes, the article turns out to be B.S.
She could just turn herself in and get a free ride...
Making we wonder what we deserved for this.
meh...
Making we wonder what we deserved for this.
meh...
Cry me a freaking river. She KNEW the minute she decided to come here illegally that she could be deported at any time. That time is long overdue.
ADIOS! Illega and your little illegos! ADIOS!
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