It’s one of those days…
Posted by Karoli in News August 4th, 2006
…where I hate reading the newspaper.
A couple come to the US from Guadalajara, Mexico 20 years ago to help an ailing relative, scratches and scrapes to make it here, pays their own way, pays taxes, starts a business, buys a home…
During that time, they had three more children and got driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers.
Jose went from working in the strawberry fields to starting a construction business, saving $11,000 for a down payment on a $180,000 home.
…tries to secure legal resident/citizen status but are taken by a Tustin immigration lawyer who actually puts them straight in the radar of INS, until finally…
Jose Nuñez was getting dressed for work when five Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers knocked on her door July 25. They wanted to take both parents, but when they realized four young children born in the U.S. were involved, they took only Jose and told Abigail she had a few weeks to get her affairs in order and leave the U.S.
It’s a scenario that could start to play out more and more as Immigration and Customs Enforcement increases efforts around the state.
Yeah, we’re safer today and our economy is certainly better because this family has been deported and banished for 10 years.
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I hate these stories. I hate the INS. Even when you ARE legal, they treat you as if you are some kind of criminal (my experience years ago when obtaining my husband’s green card). Deporting people who are making a solid contribution; tearing apart families is just WRONG.
Good the government is finally doing something constructive with my tax dollars!
The next move should be to subject their home and other assets to seizure and forfeiture.
All the assets that they accomulated here in the U.S. are fruits of their continual criminal activities.
Good luck with a seizure of their home and assets. It’s not illegal to own a home in the US when you are not a US citizen. And while we’re on the subject, the funds they used to purchase said home were earned with AFTER-TAX dollars earned while contributing to the economic health of this region and country.
But you knew that.