Families & Individuals Dealing With Immigration: Various Articles

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Illegal immigration issues find way to nation's heartland

Missouri student avoids deportation, continues pursuit of college education

http://media.www.thechartonline.com/media/storage/paper630/news/2008/04/11/ACloserLook/Illegal.Immigration.Issues.Find.Way.To.Nations.Hea rtland-3317785.shtml

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Published Saturday, April 12, 2008

Legal Immigrants, Until They Sought Citizenship

JULIA PRESTON

Dr. Pedro Servano and his wife, Salvacion, legal residents facing deportation, and two of their children,
Phoebe and Steven.

SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Dr. Pedro Servano always believed that his journey from his native Philippines to the life of a community doctor in Pennsylvania would lead to American citizenship.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080412/ZNYT02/804120313/-1/NEWS03

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Immigrants seek help from judge in getting overdue citizenship

SEATTLE -- Roshanak Roshandel, a computer science professor from Iran, applied for U.S. citizenship four years ago. Then, she waited.

No matter how many times she wrote or called immigration officials, the FBI, even first lady Laura Bush, ...

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_citizenship_delays.html

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U.S. residency denial for honor student outrages Transylvania University
Honor student fled unrest in Sudan

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080412/NEWS01/804120514

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UND exchange students were detained over their visas

...... "The university was provided to post bail for the students," Boyd said. "But you need a bail bondsman to do that … there are only two or three bondsmen in the entire nation that deal with immigration issues." .....


http://media.www.dakotastudent.com/media/storage/paper970/news/2008/04/11/News/Und-Exchange.Students.Were.Detained.Over.Their.Visas-3320289.shtml

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South Haven students honored by C-SPAN

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) - South Haven students Brian Ward and Brandon Chambers made a video about immigration, and earned third place in a national competition through C-SPAN.

VIDEO

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8153540&nav=0Rce

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A law to keep innocent kids down

...... It turns out that this superintendent is troubled by the absence of college scholarships, financial aid and in-state tuition rates for innocent and high-achieving children of illegal immigrants who come out of our public schools......

http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2008/Apr-11-Fri-2008/opinion/20851620.html

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Immigration Can Scar Families, Who Need Love

My wife was 14 when her mother decided to leave. At a time when a Latina girl dreams of her "quinceñera" - her "Sweet 15 Coming Out" - and looks at her mother, however imperfect, as a model of womanhood, her mom disappeared. She chose to immigrate to the United States, through the petition of her brother, a naturalized U.S. citizen...

http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opexp125647054apr12,0,5480827.story

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The immigration line to the U.S. is really a black hole

Victor Hernandez is in the U.S. on a guest-worker visa, as legal immigration is now so difficult.

What line must undocumented immigrants get in?

Enough of the anti-immigrant rhetoric already.

It's bad enough that radio shock jocks and cable TV personalities demonize undocumented immigrants. But what bothers me even more is the reflexive response by well-meaning Americans that undocumented immigrants ought to "get in line and wait their turn."

What they don't realize is that our immigration system is so broken that there is no line.

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/042008/04132008/370068

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Immigration debate hits home for liver transplant patients

The state funded the procedures for two young illegal migrants. But when they hit 21, coverage passed to L.A. County, which doesn't have the resources to implant the new organs they both needed again.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-me-liver13apr13,1,6190565.story

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ICE tightens Student and Visitor Exchange Program

WASHINGTON, DC-- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, announced today that it has significantly enhanced the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) and, for the first time, is proposing to raise fees to support the improvements.

http://www.thesop.org/index.php?id=10628

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Immigrant tells of hard choices

Flor Crisostomo's story echoes that of many of the millions of Latin Americans who, faced with dim economic prospects, opt to leave everything and everyone they know back home to seek a better life in the United States.

Flor says she had no choice but to leave her home to find work

Flor, an indigenous woman from Mexico,...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7346003.stm

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Deportation trick lets illegals skip trial


SALEM — Some illegal immigrants facing serious criminal charges are avoiding prosecution — with the help of the government — thanks to what prosecutors say is a gaping hole in the state's bail law.

http://www.salemnews.com/punews/local_story_105000710.html

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Bride arrested at reception picked up by immigration officials

PORT CHESTER - The bride did not show up yesterday morning - in court, that is.

Fabiana Reyes, the newlywed whose wedding reception allegedly drove her to violence, was in the custody of federal immigration authorities, which is why she missed her Village Court appearance on a felony criminal mischief charge, according to a law enforcement official.

http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080415/NEWS02/804150335/-1/newsfront

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Immigration not an option for all couples
Binational same-sex couples seek ways to stay together, even though their unions are not recognized under federal immigration law.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/immigration-couples-sex-2018223-visa-lee

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Where Immigration Headaches and Babies Collide

....Here is the issue. We are going through the visa process, completely legally, to get her mother here to help, and it was denied! ... We paid the fees to the US government, we paid for her mother to travel all the way to the US Embassy in Guangzhou (the worst city in the world FYI), her mother took 10 days off to make the trip, she finally got into the interview where they asked her only two questions, and then said DENIED! ...

http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2008/04/14/survival/541curtis041408.txt

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Immigrant spouse must be provided for despite divorce, court rules

by Tom Hester/The Star-Ledger
Monday April 14, 2008, 1:35 PM
New Jersey


A state appeals court ruled today that a person who signs a federal form promising to financially support an immigrant spouse, must continue to provide for the spouse at 25 percent above the federal poverty level even after they divorce...........

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/immigrant_spouse_support_ends.html

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THE CHILD STATUS PROTECTION ACT

By Atty. JOHNNY S. ASCANO

Dear Johnny, I read your other article about aging out. My case might fall under that category. That is why I am seeking your advice on this matter. My parents are both green card holder, including my youngest sister. My mom’s petition by her sister was approved when my brother, my sister and I were minors. However, the visa did not become available until December 2002, when I turned 22 and my brother 24. I am now in the US as a tourist. I want to know if you could help me have a valid stay before my I-94 expires. I shall appreciate your assistance. Very truly yours, MR. AGED OUT2

Dear Mr. Aged Out2,..............

http://www.asianjournal.com/?c=129&a=27279

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True liberty for all knows no boundaries

We in the International Socialist Organization felt it necessary to respond to Jason Smathers’ piece (“Deport student, but change law,” April 9) calling for the deportation of our classmate Tope Awe and attacking our organization’s support of the Awe family.

.................In fact, the government has no trouble breaking its own laws when it finds it convenient to do so. This month saw the announcement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff that he will sidestep three dozen federal environmental laws to speed up construction of a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico. We refuse to accept that legal norms that are disposable to the government should be unbreakable when applied to real human beings.........

http://badgerherald.com/oped/2008/04/14/true_liberty_for_all.php

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Police: Husband Set on Fire After Marriage for Money

...........Now, authorities said ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has been notified because of the couple's relationship and the groom's citizenship.

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6316071&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.3.1

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Immigration Raids Take Children From Their Parents

After a tough day of testing on Wednesday, some Hamilton County Schools students got off their buses to find an even more stressful situation at home: Their parents were nowhere to be found.

Tennessee and local officials still are assessing the needs of the children, ......

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/apr/17/immigration-raid-takes-parents-their-children/?local

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U.S. to review immigration status of Transylvania student
Ky. delegation backs Transylvania student

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080419/NEWS01/804190451/1008/NEWS01

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36 from plant raid released with ankle monitors

The last time Felicita talked to her husband José, he said:

“I’m OK, there’s nothing you can do for me now. Take care of the baby and send me some clothes to Guatemala.”

http://timesfreepress.com/news/2008/apr/18/36-plant-raid-released-ankle-monitors/?local

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An oversight 30 years ago may send mother to Mexico

Margarita Mendoza, left, shows her green card in the law office of Lazaro Salazar, with legal assistant Elena Lopez, right. Mendoza failed to inform immigration agents that she married in Mexico before entering the U.S.

http://www.fresnobee.com/263/story/539708.html

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Caught in the Middle of Two Countries

Ana is torn between 2 countries.

(Newport Television LLC) News 4 is profiling a woman with many dimensions. She's a wife, a mother, and an illegal immigrant. She was smuggled into the US as a baby and is struggling to stay in the only country she has ever known..................

http://www.woai.com/content/troubleshooters/story.aspx?content_id=90681ee0-5d96-42ab-ac3b-b18d938dd6e2

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Kids of illegal-immigrants rally for law to protect their parents

By Carrie Melago
Daily News Staff Writer

Saturday, April 26th 2008, 3:12 PM

American-born children whose illegal-immigrant parents face deportation urged lawmakers Saturday to support legislation that would protect their families.

Youngsters and advocates from Families for Freedom held signs reading "Don't Take Away My Mommy" outside of Sen. Chuck Schumer's Manhattan office, calling on the Democrat to support the "Child Citizen Protection Act."

"It's not easy, knowing your father can be deported at any time," said Elijah Salmon, 11, of Brooklyn, whose father is from Jamaica.

"My father has been here for me and my family from the day I was born," Salmon said.

The legislation would give immigration judges the discretion to allow an immigrant parent of an American-born child to stay in the United States, as long as they are not deportable for security reasons.

The bill has 30 sponsors in the House of Representatives.

((End of Article))

Discuss this Article

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/04/26/2008-04-26_kids_of_illegalimmigrants_rally_for_law_.html

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Uniting American Families Act

Many Americans are not aware that gay and lesbian U.S. citizens cannot sponsor their foreign-born partners for immigration.

The Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) currently before Congress seeks to rectify this injustice by securing the right of U.S. citizens to sponsor their partners for immigration; it does not redefine marriage, and it would not affect the Defense of Marriage Act.

http://blogs.kansascity.com/unfettered_letters/2008/04/uniting-america.html

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Victims of Genital Mutilation Face Deportation

A federal appeals court in Manhattan will hear arguments tomorrow on whether three women who were forced to undergo genital mutilation in West Africa should be granted safe harbor in America.

A decision in the case, by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will decide whether female immigrants to New York who have had parts of their genitalia removed in accordance with the custom of their native countries are protected against deportation.

http://www2.nysun.com/article/75371

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Immigrants' Families Ask Schumer To Oppose Deportation Of Parents

Immigrant families demanded Saturday that Senator Schumer support legislation that would decrease deportation of immigrant parents with native-born children. NY1’s Ty Chandler filed the following report.

http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=80948

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Mothers and US Visas

http://globalnation.inquirer.net/mindfeeds/mindfeeds/view/20080513-136225/Mothers-and-US-Visas

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Spouses' reunion caught in red tape

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=0264cc9f-323a-4698-9b69-1d519ee3341e

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Like most Americans, David* can work and travel, but until he reached college, he couldn’t do these things because he was undocumented.

David, 35, is an SF State employee and alumnus. He was born in El Salvador. When he was around six years old, his parents legally immigrated to the United States because the American Civil War had created a job. So for most of his childhood, David was raised by his grandfather and aunts.

http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/life/011155.html