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Dear Editor:
Representative Gephardt, bless his heart, has stated that he will propose that
illegal
immigrants that have been here for five years and worked here for two years
will be able to
gain legal status. My question is, what about the immigrants that have been
here for two or
three or four years, but were not so fortunate as to not get caught? These people,
hard
workers as well, with loved ones and family in the U.S, are being detained for
lengthy
periods of time and then sent home and banned from returning to the U.S. for
ten years.
How are they different than the "five-year" people, and why should so many
lives be
destroyed while others face virtually no consequences?
My fiance had been here approximately ten months when the INS found him. He
is a very
hard worker with a very big heart, who only wants to help his family and spend
his life with
me. Even though he had not been here for a year when he was detained, they are
still
counting his time in detention toward the ten-year bar of admission. Yet people
who have
been here illegally for a much longer period of time will be granted legal status?
While I am
very happy for them, I fail to see the fairness. Can we not address this ridiculously
long
issue of the ten-year ban? I have yet to see this topic addressed in any of
the current
publications.
PLEASE let's bring this to the table!
Jamie Schwantes
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