For immigrants, same script can have new ending
The scenario is becoming disturbingly familiar, a highly publicized near-tragedy that plays out in three acts.
Without question, the judge made the right call. Deporting a woman with no criminal record and two U.S. citizen children is inhumane and unconscionable. As Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) says, “What strategic, economic, public safety or national security purpose does it serve to rip her away from her husband and children and break up her family?”
OPINION
Act 1: A refugee makes his or her way to America from a country divided by war or plagued by poverty. He or she finds a job, marries a U.S. citizen, and has children. A home is established; a better life made. Years pass.
Act 2: During what has...
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