I am
a US citizen married to a wonderful amazing man for 6 years now. My
husband came here when he was 6 and was not told he was an "illegal"
until 17 years of age when he was about to get his license. Talk about
cruel. He was brought here legally under a visa but, it was lost through
the years. He is so intelligent and has so much to offer; it isn't
fair that he was brought here as a baby and now he has to suffer until
someone with half a brain passes a decent immigration reform. I would
be lost without him and I really feel that if this issue isn't resolved
soon then I am going to have to leave my family/life to give him enough
courage to move back to Columbia and live a decent carefree life there.
I have been to the best lawyers that say there is nothing we can do.
I feel for all of the hardworking Americans mistaken for criminals.
A piece of paper doesn't make you an American, your beliefs, culture,
language and heart does. My husband has been in this country for 22
years and still can't drive a car, work decently, go to college and
feel comfortable having children without worrying about the kind of
life/position he could put them in. How could God place such a wonderful
humanitarian in a terrible position like this? Well, I am not going
without a fight! No way, over my dead body that he is being taken
away from me.
Maina
NJ
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Maina, I really feel for you and all the other in
the same situation. My fiance's parents brought him here when he
was 12 years old. He is now 27. Last year he tried to get a driver
license and got arrested. He has been going back and forth and so
far, all the immigration judges his case was brought to have denied
him. They just want to send him back. I am hurt because I cannot
marry him to help him. I am just an illegal.
No
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NY
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I
was just recently seperated from my wife of 5 yrs by the INS in
October 2007. I saw your story and it makes me sad because my wife
faces the same 10 year bar for being brought here as a child. I
hope things get better for you and your husband and I hope we have
the same strength to endure as you have if INS decides to punish
my wife.
Hugo
San Antonio, TX
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