Kerry asks DHS not to deport wife of MIA soldier

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/kerry-asks-dhs-not-to-deport-wife-of-mia-soldier-2007-06-20.html

Kerry asks DHS not to deport wife of MIA soldier
By Kara Oppenheim
June 20, 2007

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) Wednesday asked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff to refrain from deporting Yaderlin Hiraldo, an illegal immigrant married to an Army specialist who currently is missing in action in Iraq.

“As Yaderlin waits to hear what has happened to her husband I ask that she be allowed to stay in our country,” Kerry wrote in a letter to Chertoff. “I believe this is a very real test of our government’s compassion for a military family which has already made enormous sacrifices for the United States.”

Hiraldo arrived illegally from the Dominican Republic in 2001. She married Specialist Alex Jimenez in 2004, whereupon her status was first brought to the attention of immigration officials. Her husband returned from his first deployment in Iraq with a Purple Heart and last month was reported missing on his second tour. The couple resides in Lawrence, Mass., making them Kerry constituents.

DHS did not respond to requests for comment on Kerry’s letter or Hiraldo’s status.

Kerry accompanied his letter with a statement saying, “My heart goes out to the family of Specialist Jimenez and I am determined to do everything in my power to make sure his wife is not deported from our country while our military is frantically searching for him.”

[BOSSHOG]

1. The bush administration once again taking care of our troops

I think "christians" should just stone her to death to let her know how compassionate and supportive they are.

[Turbineguy]

11. Actually...

this would give Chimpy a good excuse to fly all over the country at taxpayer expense.

[thereismore]

2. Big hand for Kerry. nt

[rodeodance]

5. yes.

[thereismore]

10. Do you remember that M*A*S*H episode in which the mother of a wounded

US soldier was to be deported? M*A*S*H still rocks.

[poverlay]

13. You are totally right. M*A*S*H did it first and they did it right. If not the best show ever to be

broadcast on t.v., it's definitely in the top 3...

[Geoff R. Casavant]

15. I wonder if the Dominican Republic embassy in Boston . . .

. . . can step in and name her as an unpaid attache or something, like was done in that MASH ep?

[Bluerthanblue]

3. true to form

he cares in deed.

the real POTUS

[partylessinOhio]

4. Thank you, John Kerry, for showing appropriate compassion for a wife

of a missing soldier in Iraq.

John Kerry is a true gentlemen, he would have made such a wonderful president. He is also a true patriot.
:patriot:

[babylonsister]

6. You get a big 'AMEN' from me there. nt

[wicket]

7. And another!

:thumbsup:

[politicasista]

8. K&R

:kick:

[alcibiades_mystery]

9. Get Lou Dobbs on the case...this woman probably has leprosy!

:sarcasm:

[treestar]

12. Why make exceptions?

She's probably stealing a job from some worthy U.S. citizen. :sarcasm:

[proud2BlibKansan]

14. Three cheers for John Kerry!!

A woman I just met today here in DC said that she thinks this is the most despicable thing the bush administration has done. I don't know that I agree with that but you should have heard the gasps from the crowd when Howard Dean told us about this.

[FloridaJudy]

16. Oh Jeez

Just when I think this country's government can't sink any lower, crap like this happens. Doesn't DHS have anything better to do than to harass a woman whose husband is MIA? Good heavens, maybe she's planning to deliver pizzas to an army base.:sarcasm:

[Vidar]

17. Applauding Kerry.