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Thread ID: 12384 | Posts: 5 | Started: 2004-02-17
2004-02-17 19:44 | User Profile
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Imagine you're a member of the Cuevas family. You grew up in Fremont, went to college at San Jose State, never really knew any place other than the Bay Area, and had no reason to believe you were anything other than a U.S. citizen.
Then, one day, your mother says you are being deported.
"My mom brought me into a room, and she showed me a letter we got from immigration," said Dale Cuevas. "I didn't tell my sisters. My sisters didn't find out until January."
The family came here from the Philippines 20 years ago on temporary tourist visas and were never able to get permanent legal status. The parents kept the news from the children until time had nearly run out. The deportation deadline is tomorrow.
"It's very unrealistic," said Dominque Cuevas. "I know it's real, but when I first found out, I didn't believe it at all... I guess I've accepted it now, that it is real and that it is happening."
Suitcases and cardboard packing boxes are lined up in the living room of the family home, which they've owned for ten years. The family is hoping Senator Dianne Feinstein will sponsor a bill exempting them from the toughened immigration laws following the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. If not, the Cuevas family will be put on a plane to the Philippines.
"We're not part of terrorists. We're just a family," said Dale Cuevas. "We're trying to do what we need to do, and we are positive contributors to the society. In no way are we a threat to the U.S."
All five in the family either have good jobs or are studying for advanced professions. Deportation will change all that. But even if the family does get to stay, Dale is already thinking of a new career path. As a result of what he's been through, he says he now wants to work with immigrant rights groups and perhaps go into politics.
2004-02-17 20:22 | User Profile
It's pretty typical that these people never--ever--respond with "Gee, thanks for letting me break your laws for two decades." No, it's I'm going to join groups working to further undermine the land and people from whom I've ungratefully taken so much.
2004-02-17 20:26 | User Profile
[QUOTE=IchKampfe]It's pretty typical that these people never--ever--respond with "Gee, thanks for letting me break your laws for two decades." No, it's I'm going to join groups working to further undermine the land and people from whom I've ungratefully taken so much.[/QUOTE]
As a result of what he's been through, he says he now wants to work with immigrant rights groups and perhaps go into politics.
No, they'll just become more active in making sure the invasion will become a human right.
2004-03-05 15:23 | User Profile
[QUOTE]All five in the family either have good jobs or are studying for advanced professions[/QUOTE]
In TruthSpeak this sentence would read:
"All five in the family have stolen jobs from Americans or are studying on the taxpayers dime to do so."
2004-03-05 22:16 | User Profile
[QUOTE]Imagine you're a member of the Cuevas family. You grew up in Fremont, went to college at San Jose State, never really knew any place other than the Bay Area, and had no reason to believe you were anything other than a U.S. citizen.
Then, one day, your mother says you are being deported.[/QUOTE]
I live just 20 minutes away from Fremont (which has essentially become an enclave for Asians, especially those from Afghanistan, despite being essentially all-White just two decades ago - at least one of Hamid Karzai's advisors lived in Fremont until before the war and another of his prominent supporters was gunned down in the streets of Fremont about a year or two ago). My wife was remarking that it was sad for the little Flip brats that are getting deported to a land they never knew, and it sort of is, but as I pointed out to her and to which she readily agreed, what's bad for their kids in good for my son and her niece....and that's what matters, not being perceived as "nice" by degenerate foreigners.