If Farrales can get the Philippine govt to vouch that his father was politically prosecuted, then his father’s claim (and that for his children) for political asylum could be granted retroactively.
It might not solve the citizenship issue immediately, but it would give him a chance, with his new lawyer, to see what could be done to help him stay here. The defense of “Incompetent legal advise” is acceptable in courts.
Sounds like a nice guy and a productive one. He is the kind of immigrant we need to help build up America.
His case should be given a second, comprehensive review.
And I’m no bleeding heart. Illegals have wrecked my county, neighborhood and cars. We helped put some of the drug-dealers and drunks in jail and hopefully on the road back home.
Even the older legal immigrant-to-citizenship Hispanics don’t like the illegals so we’re not against enforcing the law, but there are a lot of people here who were not responsible for it. We should show them some compassion. We need a new classification of “resident alien” based on a no-choice immigration status due to the actions of their parents.
I’m a Californian, which used to be an American state.
Sounds like by “show compassion,” you mean let him REAP ALL THE BENEFITS of his parents’ illegal actions. We don’t punish the children of thieves for what their fathers do, but we also don’t let them keep the loot thirty years later.
There are plenty of Americans who want to go to the University of California — and a lot of them get aced out by sob story illegals like this guy.
“Even the older legal immigrant-to-citizenship Hispanics don’t like the illegals so we’re not against enforcing the law, but there are a lot of people here who were not responsible for it. We should show them some compassion. We need a new classification of “resident alien” based on a no-choice immigration status due to the actions of their parents.”
I guess this goes to the point of “do you want more or less of them?” Personally, I’m going to vote to deport in the case of a close choice; others (like you) sound as if you want to vote to keep in the case of a close choice. Nobody’s wrong in this but I prefer my choice.