Wife Of U.S. Soldier Missing In Iraq Facing Deportation

[matcom]

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BOSTON — The wife of a soldier missing in Iraq could face deportation, her lawyer told a television station.

Army Spec. Alex Jimenez, who has been missing since his unit was attacked by insurgents in Iraq on May 12, had petitioned for a green card for his wife, Yaderlin, whom he married in 2004, Boston's WBZ-TV reported Tuesday.

Their attorney, Matthew Kolken, said the woman illegally entered the United States from the Dominican Republic in 2001. Her husband's request for a green card and legal residence status for her alerted authorities to her situation, Mr. Kolken said.

The attorney said his client would not be eligible for a green card under normal circumstances, but he is seeking a hardship waiver for her. If she were to have to leave the U.S., she would have to wait 10 years before reapplying.

“I can't imagine a bigger injustice than that, to be deporting someone's wife who is fighting and possibly dying for our country,” Mr. Kolken told the station.

An immigration judge put a temporary stop to the proceedings since Spec. Jimenez was reported missing. The soldier's wife is living with family members in Pennsylvania, the station reported.

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[Ghost in the Machine]

1. kick

[dembotoz]

2. if he is declared dead

will those bastard deny her widow benefits?
after all can give anything to an illegal alien.
At times this country makes me ill.

[matcom]

3. I don't get it. where are all the 'deport all of them NOW' supporters?

:shrug:

i thought for SURE they would be cheering this decision on in full force!

maybe they are all manning the fence.

[blondeatlast]

4. They are all out trying to find out what job she "stole" from a citizen.

Gotta get those top-level rezooms in in a hurry, yanno, and they sniff an opening now.

[matcom]

5. well it sounds like her hubby probably left an opening

maybe they should start there x(

[blondeatlast]

6. So true. so very sadly true... This story just says something so profound

about this nation now...

[matcom]

8. 170 views and not a one justification for this

i wonder if she were the wife of a business man...

:think:

[blondeatlast]

9. Does seem a little odd, doesn't it?

They are usually on those immigration posts like flies to, well, you know.

[matcom]

10. I think their TRUE 'colors' are showing loud and clear

by their silence :eyes:

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. They're researching military family ties of Lou Dobbs' Mexican wife

And trying to determine whether Ms. Hidalgo has leprosy...

:-)

[Disturbed]

11. Is her husband an American Citizen?

That would be relevant, right?

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. American citizenship is relevant to diagnoses of Hansen's disease?

:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

13. No comment on the OP, though.

True colors indeed...

[matcom]

14. my LAST kick

fuck ALL of you all anti-immigrant chicken-shits. you 200+ who have read this story to date didn't have the BALLS to post here (and I know damned well you read it).

you are all cowards who bash immigrants for your damned convenience.

CIAO