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Originally Posted by brassmonkey
Guerrero knowingly broke a rule by leaving the U.S. without federal authorization. It may have been the most costly decision of his 21 years.
"He panicked. His dad and mom wanted him to go, and he did the best thing he thought he could do for his family," said his lawyer Alan Klein. Guerrero had lived in the United States illegally since he was 2.
The catch: If these immigrants ever leave the U.S. without government approval, they lose their protected status.
Guerrero's initial re-entry request was denied, so now Klein is requesting a special "humanitarian parole," which the government grants "based on urgent humanitarian reasons or if there is a significant public benefit," according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service website.
Guerrero told The Associated Press that he submitted two requests for fast-tracked permission to leave while his mother's health declined, and was asked to more fully document his mother's medical condition. He could have tried to plead his case in person, but he left instead before getting an answer.
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I remember this French guy I worked with in California about 20 years ago. Had a work permit and was applying for residence. Paying taxes and all. Several years into living in the US with his family coming to visit him occasionally ... his old father is dying at home in France. He puts in a request with the appropriate documents for INS to leave and was denied several weeks later. Remember dad is on his death bed. WTF.
We faxed a letter with supporting documents to a female Senator in San Francisco, whose team made back door contact with INS officials, and got the denial reversed, and the approval expedited.
Back then we had a back up plan to have him fly out/in from Mexico City to Paris, and then I was going to drive him across the relatively easy/open border we had back then.
He arrived hours before his father passed away.
Immigration has been broken for 20 plus years.
