Joe Steel
06-20-2007, 12:46 PM
Has Kerry gone too far? He's intervening to stop the deportation of a woman who came to the U. S. illegally.
...the government has so far refused to gran[t] a so-called hardship waiver that would allow her to stay in the country, WBZ reported.
Immigration lawyer Matthew Kolken told the television station that Hiraldo would have to wait 10 years to return to the US if she returned to the Dominican Republic to apply for a green card, as the government wants her to do.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., wrote a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Wednesday, asking that Hiraldo be allowed to stay in the US.
DHS trying to deport... (http://rawstory.com/news/2007/DHS_trying_to_deport_missing_soldiers_0620.html)
...the government has so far refused to gran[t] a so-called hardship waiver that would allow her to stay in the country, WBZ reported.
Immigration lawyer Matthew Kolken told the television station that Hiraldo would have to wait 10 years to return to the US if she returned to the Dominican Republic to apply for a green card, as the government wants her to do.
Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., wrote a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Wednesday, asking that Hiraldo be allowed to stay in the US.
DHS trying to deport... (http://rawstory.com/news/2007/DHS_trying_to_deport_missing_soldiers_0620.html)