The Rude Pundit - America the Cruel: Missing Soldier's Wife May Be Deported

[meegbear]

So one of the American soldiers missing in Iraq for over a month is Alex Jimenez of Lawrence, Massachusetts. Back in May, conservative attack dragon Michelle Malkin wanted to make sure "the rest of the country" was not taking the soldiers "for granted." For the most part, Malkin's blog is a document of her journey across the fenced border that separates the mad from the sane over illegal immigration, with Malkin coming down firmly on the bugfuck crazy side, especially if an illegal drinks and drives.

One wonders what Malkin and all the other taint-licking nutzoids that comprise the right-wing punditry are thinking about prospect that Alex Jimenez's wife, Yaderlin, faces deportation because, yup, she's illegal. The woman pictured cuddling with her Army hubby may be sent back to the Dominican Republic, where she would have to stay for ten years before she could apply to come back. Her status as an illegal immigrant was discovered because, yup, Alex applied to get her a green card and legal status. The cruelest irony, if there isn't enough here, is that because Alex Jimenez is missing, a judge has put a hold on a hearing over her status. So now Yaderlin Jimenez gets to wait for the inevitable news that Alex was treated like a beef cow in the slaughterhouse and whether or not she's allowed to continue to live in the country that her husband suffered and probably died for.

And what if Yaderlin is granted a green card? Is her situation any less extreme than a parent whose child was born here, those abstract "anchor babies" Neil Boortz, Rush Limbaugh, and others are fond of deriding? Someone give Lou Dobbs a call. "Amnesty," as he orgasmically spews about any immigration legislation less than disembowelment, means something concrete to actual people, not a darker-skinned, bean-smelling amorphous blob.

The Rude Pundit would like to see Malkin and Dobbs and Tom Tancredo standing at an airport, watching Yaderlin led to a plane to take her back to Santo Domingo. Maybe they could manipulate the corpse of her husband, an all-American puppet hero, so it waves good-bye and good riddance, that no sacrifice is enough to get into their special club of citizenship.

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[Phredicles]

1. Heartbreaking, but I don't get why their marriage doesn't automatically allow

Mrs. Jimenez to be here completely nice and legal.

[northzax]

2. if you are already in the country illegally

marriage does not automatically solve your problem.

[Phredicles]

4. Ah. And I doubt in today's climate this will readily be changed,

which is a shame. I can't see hordes of singles sneaking across the border looking to hitch their way into legal status, but that's no doubt the way the right-wing spin machine would portray such a proposed change. Cruel indeed.

[Hart2008]

3. The process for US citizens to get visas for a foreign spouse is very complex.

US citizens applying for visas for a spouse/fiance go through a long bureaucratic process. It is easier if the couple met outside the U.S. than if they met in the U.S. They need to prove they have the financial ability to support a spouse/fiance. They must agree to reimburse the government if the spouse/fiance collects any welfare, medicaid, etc. They also give up a good deal of privacy in the process, and may be required to disclose previous marriages, children, and criminal records.

The fiance/spouse must also be screened for a criminal record or threats to national security, etc. before receiving approval for the visa.

Some of the angriest people about amnesty for illegal aliens are those who went through the long legal process and object others taking shortcuts.