epm525
12-02-2007, 02:50 AM
Here's what's going on in my neck of the woods...
http://pennlive.com/midstate/patriotnews/article309691.ece
SELINSGROVE l Dr. Pedro Servano and his wife, Salvacion, have been given a brief reprieve on meeting with immigration officials to begin the processing that will lead to their deportation.
The Selinsgrove couple was to have reported Friday to the immigration field office in the Allenwood Federal Prison Complex, but they were told Tuesday they do not have to appear until 1 p.m. Monday, because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
They will not be detained or deported that day, Michael Gilhooly, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has said. The purpose of the meeting is to begin making travel arrangements for their deportation to their native Philippines, he said.
The couple faces deportation because during the late 1970s, when they were single, their mothers wrote on visa applications for them that they were not married. Servano and his wife married before coming to the United States in the early 1980s.
Their immigration problems began in 1990 when they applied to become naturalized citizens and the discrepancy on the visa applications was noted.
They have fought deportation since but were instructed Oct. 25 to report to the immigration office. Their four children, two of whom are college graduates, are American citizens because they were born in the U.S.
Servano is a family practice doctor with the Geisinger Medical Group near Selinsgrove. His wife operates Sermart, a small bakery and oriental store in Sunbury.
Support to keep the couple in the U.S. is coming from across the country, according to their niece, Christina S. DeHaven, who has been acting as family spokesperson.
It is hoped this support will lead to action by federal lawmakers or immigration officials to keep the Servanos in the U.S. she said.
Several hundred people attended a candlelight vigil in downtown Sunbury Saturday night, and there is a petition supporting the Servanos on the Internet.
http://pennlive.com/midstate/patriotnews/article309691.ece
SELINSGROVE l Dr. Pedro Servano and his wife, Salvacion, have been given a brief reprieve on meeting with immigration officials to begin the processing that will lead to their deportation.
The Selinsgrove couple was to have reported Friday to the immigration field office in the Allenwood Federal Prison Complex, but they were told Tuesday they do not have to appear until 1 p.m. Monday, because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
They will not be detained or deported that day, Michael Gilhooly, a spokesman for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, has said. The purpose of the meeting is to begin making travel arrangements for their deportation to their native Philippines, he said.
The couple faces deportation because during the late 1970s, when they were single, their mothers wrote on visa applications for them that they were not married. Servano and his wife married before coming to the United States in the early 1980s.
Their immigration problems began in 1990 when they applied to become naturalized citizens and the discrepancy on the visa applications was noted.
They have fought deportation since but were instructed Oct. 25 to report to the immigration office. Their four children, two of whom are college graduates, are American citizens because they were born in the U.S.
Servano is a family practice doctor with the Geisinger Medical Group near Selinsgrove. His wife operates Sermart, a small bakery and oriental store in Sunbury.
Support to keep the couple in the U.S. is coming from across the country, according to their niece, Christina S. DeHaven, who has been acting as family spokesperson.
It is hoped this support will lead to action by federal lawmakers or immigration officials to keep the Servanos in the U.S. she said.
Several hundred people attended a candlelight vigil in downtown Sunbury Saturday night, and there is a petition supporting the Servanos on the Internet.