Losing your Religion
A 20 year old Utah State University student who believed that she had lived in the U.S. since age two as a legal resident recently travelled to Mexico where she learned, upon her attempt at re-entry, 2 important facts:
1. She is 18, not 20.
2. She is an illegal alien, not a legal resident.
Probably something her parents should have told her beforehand, wouldn't you think?
`When I was in junior high, I felt the way most Americans do about the Mexicans crossing the border,'' said Martinez. ``I felt all the illegal aliens should be deported. My parents would laugh when I said that.'' ... `I look like everyone else. I have no accent when I speak English. I know as much U.S. history as the average Joe, if not more. I've been singing the national anthem since my lungs let me and I knew the words,'' Martinez said. ``I've just always felt it American.''(sic) ... She had a Social Security card from her father. When she asked about her alien resident card, he told her it was lost, she said.
Wow, what a thing to learn. I feel terrible for this poor girl. If I were this girl's unscrupulous parent, I don't think I'd know what to say to her to explain my 18 16 years of lies on top of lies. Apparently her parents didn't know what to say to her, either. While being detained at the border,
Martinez said she tried to call her parents and they hung up on her.
Wow. Just, wow.
Posted by jkhat at February 3, 2005 01:24 PM
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| # March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM Converted_Comment | |
I hope that she will be allowed to stay, if only on a student visa at the very least. Her parents ought to be horse whipped. |
| # March 7th, 2005 6:48 PM Converted_Comment | |
Kilabe, Orrin Hatch is introducing a bill to either give her a temporary visa (I think) or make her into an instant legal resident. I can't imagine there's any reason it won't pass. Agreed on her parents. They are the villains here. |