Cincy Mom Deported After 18 Years -- Freedom On The March!

[theHandpuppet]

Unfortunately, I believe Jean Schmidt is this poor family's Congressional Rep so I doubt they could appeal for any help from that quarter. Don't you just love the smell of freedom, democracy and justice in the morning?

http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060311/NEWS01/603110432

Mom deported after 18 years
U.S. gets tougher on immigration violations
BY DAN HORN | ENQUIRER STAFF WRITER

Fatima Raziuddin called her husband and children from an airport Tuesday night to say goodbye.

After 18 years in the United States, she was being deported to Pakistan for violating a student visa in 1989 by working at a fast-food restaurant. She had lived quietly, but illegally, in West Chester Township for the past decade.

Raziuddin sobbed as she talked to her husband about all she was leaving: Her two teenage sons, friends and neighbors, the doctors who treated her cancer and the children she taught at the local mosque.

Her life in America was over....

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[Hubert Flottz]

1. Yes the lady is Schmidt out of luck in Ohio...as far as any real...

representation in Washington. The Republican Cowards cut and run when it comes to our civil rights.

[theHandpuppet]

2. Looks as if I was wrong

It appears as if this family's district is represented by -- of all people -- John Boehner!! Well, there's no chance in hell for them now.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Ohio's reps in Washington are all about the same...

Bottom Feeding, Scum Sucking, Bushbots!

Edit...Our own Shellie Crapito, gould give the asskissers a run for their money when it comes to bobbing for Bushco!

[theHandpuppet]

4. That rotten apple didn't fall far from the tree, did it?

And she has plenty of $$$$ in her coffers, too. We'll have our hands full when Byrd decides to retire. She's circling that Senate seat like a hungry vulture.

[Benhurst]

5. She has to be severely punished. Allowing her

as a foreigner to get away with having worked illegally in a fast food restaurant would be like condoning the outsourcing of American jobs. God knows the government can't allow that. The next you'd know, all the good jobs would be going to that part of the world.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. Well, you never know, she might have started mowing lawns.

Or, some other work like emptying bedpans that must be reserved for 'Murkins.

[theHandpuppet]

7. Yep, that part-time job at Popeye's was a real threat to nat'l security

Don't we all feel safer now?

[Hubert Flottz]

8. I'm glad our fried Chicken is safe again!

THANK GOD, FOR SAFE CHICKEN!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

11. I saw an "illegal" immigrant couple buying "our" milk yesterday.

Yesiree, they were right there, in "our" supermarket, spending "our" money. God only knows what they were going to do with it. Probably make bombs.

[Hubert Flottz]

12. The NERVE of Such PEOPLE!

They will all act like someone at the DoD bombed a baby milk factory in Iraq or somewhere, but we know the place was really making weapons grade VD!

[fujiyama]

9. This is so stupid

Ummmm, yeah a middle aged woman with two kids as well as a husband that are US citizens is a real threat to society...

We see the real family values displayed here.

Enforcing immigration laws are important, but exceptions can be made.

[theHandpuppet]

10. And BushCo was the first to scream racism over the port deal

But hey, it's okay if you deport one middle-aged brown mom -- and a Muslim, lest we forget -- for having taken a part time job at Popeye's when she was a student in 1989!

Justice in this country is a furkin' joke.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

13. My naturalization papers were stolen in the Bahamas and it

took 15 years to get a copy. During this time I wrote to Peter Deutsch, my congressman at the time, and I was appointed someone from his office to assist me. Oh my God, what a nightmare. In the first place, the man spoke very little English, and I don't speak any Spanish. Besides, I was born in Germany, which had nothing to do with Cuban immigration, which was this man's speciality. He kept hollering at me on the phone, "YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE DEPORTED BACK TO CUBA!" even as I was telling him that I had never BEEN to Cuba in my life, and why would they deport an American citizen born in Germany to Cuba? My husband used to tease me and say that he would send me care packages once I was in Cuba. We had some good laughs over it. But that was before GWB, and now it doesn't seem at all funny, especially in light of this lady's story.

[Gin]

14. wonder how she got here illegally from......... Pakistan?

g

[fujiyama]

18. She overstayed a student visa

and then quit school and never bothered to renew it or change the status - it was stupid on her part, but considering she has a husband and kids - all US citizens, deporting her makes no sense whatsoever.

[LiberalPartisan]

15. -- deleted --

[babylonsister]

16. Nice to see the US is concentrating on

national issues. :sarcasm: This is a heckuva way to build relationships.

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. There are two cases just like this here in MO

One of them is a woman who has been here since childhood. Immigration (Homeland Security) nabbed her because they thought she was someone else who was wanted on felony charges. Her name came up when she applied for citizenship. They realized it was a mistake but are now deporting her - and she has a brand new baby! All she did was come here as a kid with her parents, and she has a name similar to a wanted felon.

The other case is a couple whom they forced out and are now separated from their 18 year old daughter. She is still in high school! But she was born here so she gets to stay.

All of these people had tons of supporters sending letters appealing to INS to let them stay here. But no dice.

This is just downright cruel.

[alarimer]

20. It is horrible to separate families like this

heartless bastards. I don't give a shit about some overstayed visa. Fuck the INS or whatever the hell it is called now.

[Gormy Cuss]

19. While it's cold hearted to deport her it's not as if she was clueless here

She volunteered to leave the country in 1990 because of the 1989 violation but she didn't. Sixteen years ago she knew that forced deportation was a possibility. Being denied citizenship was another big clue. I don't see the point in deporting her now but she is as much to blame for this mess as our immigration service.

from the article:
"Raziuddin does not dispute the old visa violation or that she later broke a promise to voluntarily leave the country. She argued instead that the life she led in America should outweigh her failure to follow the rules so long ago."

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. I agree with her

Her life here should outweigh the wrong she committed.

[Gormy Cuss]

25. If the 1989 violation were the only interaction with INS, I'd agree.

I'm not in favor of deporting her now either for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that it's a severe punishment for her sons. I'm just not sympathetic to people who think laws are for other people. If I robbed a store sixteen years ago and the cops just caught me, I'd expect to pay the price no matter how much of a model citizen I'd been in the intervening years. A good judicial system would weigh my current standing when meting out punishment and that's the part that's missing from the immigration story.

Ten years in Pakistan without guarantee of readmission to the U.S. is a pretty steep price. That's another reason why I don't think the deportation is appropriate. There ought to be some way to make it right with a penalty far less severe.

[genie_weenie]

21. The question this raises for me is what power

does the Federal Government have in deciding who is a citizen? I know if you are born on US soil you are a US citizen, but what is the method for the US deciding to cut it's ties to a person? Can the Federal Government do that? Can the government arbitrarily say *you* are an american/ *you* are not?

[dsc]

22. A congressman can't help

Kucinich had one deported from his district just recently. The 18 year old high school senior had come at 12 to America with his step grandfather who hadn't filed the proper paper work. He was found out when he applied to become a Marine.

[LibinMo]

26. 18 year old high schooler jailed here Wednesday

He is a star soccer player who has been in the US for 5 years and is due to graduate in 6 weeks.

From the Springfield MO News-Leader:


Parker and a friend, Mike Schilling, have spoken with attorneys about the case.

Both parents and students know that some people will be unsympathetic to their efforts, but they want Zuniga to get the diploma he was only six weeks away from earning.

"Having his high school education from the U.S. would help him a lot" once he's back in Mexico, said Michael Castro, a senior who played on the school's soccer team with Zuniga. Zuniga was a starter on the varsity team.

School officials are also concerned, especially since Zuniga has worked hard to learn English and to succeed in school.

"He's been a great kid here," said Central Principal Everett Isaacs. "This is a sad deal so close to graduation."

more:

http://www.ozarksnow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060311/NEWS01/603110348/1007

[The Stranger]

23. And someone was denying that there is XENOPHOBIA and BIGOTRY behind

all of this everywhere.

[mom cat]

27. This is how Bushco supports Family values.

:sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm::sarcasm: