Dear Editor:
I am a United States Citizen who is married to a Permanent Legal Resident. We are happily married and have three children. The youngest child has a heart condition and is monitored on a regular basis. With finances being tight and obvious health issues we decided it would be best if our son's grandmother came to the states to meet him and to help us with childcare on a short term basis. We have been denied. The American Consolate refuses to give my mother-in-law a visa, but has no trouble taking our money for multiple "interviews", the first of which lasted less than five minutes. She has provided all requested documents and proven that she wishes to come to the US for only a short time to visit her son and meet her grandchildren and daughter-in-law. Based on my experience, I believe that the American Consulate forces people to come illegally to the US, people who are more than willing to go through the legal process and be what others consider "upstanding citizens". I am bitter that my son can't meet her, that his medical condition does not allow for me to take him to meet her and that there is the chance he could need heart surgery and perhaps even die without ever meeting that side of his family. There are a lot of stories like mine, and anyone who judges an illegal immigrant on the basis of a prejudial law and ambiguous standards should look in the mirror and see what they would do faced with the same issues.
Samantha
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