Immigrant to be deported, lived her 22 years.

[musical_soul]

Just thought I'd drop this petition off to see if anybody would be interested in signing.

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-the-deportation-of-orfilia-sagastume-reyes-mother-of-u-s-citizen?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=share_button_modal

[patrice]

1. Done. & Shared.

[musical_soul]

2. Thank you.

I also wanted to share this as well. Now, the author wants to blame the Obama Administration for this, but I think the problem is more US policy in general.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/04/05/458425/46000-parents-of-us-citizens-deported-in-first-half-of-last-year/?mobile=nc

In just six months, between January 1 and June 30 of 2011, over 46,000 parents of U.S. citizens have been deported from the United States, according to a report (PDF) issued, without any analysis or commentary, by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

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But this rate of deportation is indeed new. Between 1998 and 2007, over the course of 9 years (PDF), a total of 100,000 parents of U.S. citizens were deported. At the current rate, the Obama Administration will reach that number in just over one year.




On a personal note, I know about the case I made the thread about because one of the kids of this lady goes to school with my niece. It hits close to home.

I'm just so grateful that I'm currently in a position to where I don't have to worry about family members being deported or losing their rights. But honestly, this could be one of us one day. I really hope justice is done for this lady and for all the other parents out there who are suffering.