kristine_elen
11-24-2004, 02:26 PM
I know this woman was here illegally, but how can we break up families like this? I am so horrified at the things our country does in my name.
A Mother Deported, and a Child Left Behind
By NINA BERNSTEIN
New York Times
Published: November 24, 2004
In April of last year, when her mother dropped by federal immigration headquarters in Manhattan to complete some paperwork, 8-year-old Virginia Feliz became part of a growing tribe of American children who have lost a parent to deportation.
Her mother, Berly, 47, who migrated to the United States illegally a decade ago, went to the immigration office on a routine visit to renew her work authorization. But because an old deportation order had resurfaced, she was quickly clapped into handcuffs, and within hours placed on a plane to her native Honduras, unable to say goodbye to her husband and little girl. ....
full article:
http://nytimes.com/2004/11/24/nyregion/24deport.html?hp&ex=1101358800&en=3d1a75f2b779d127&ei=5094&partner=homepage
A Mother Deported, and a Child Left Behind
By NINA BERNSTEIN
New York Times
Published: November 24, 2004
In April of last year, when her mother dropped by federal immigration headquarters in Manhattan to complete some paperwork, 8-year-old Virginia Feliz became part of a growing tribe of American children who have lost a parent to deportation.
Her mother, Berly, 47, who migrated to the United States illegally a decade ago, went to the immigration office on a routine visit to renew her work authorization. But because an old deportation order had resurfaced, she was quickly clapped into handcuffs, and within hours placed on a plane to her native Honduras, unable to say goodbye to her husband and little girl. ....
full article:
http://nytimes.com/2004/11/24/nyregion/24deport.html?hp&ex=1101358800&en=3d1a75f2b779d127&ei=5094&partner=homepage