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LOS ANGELES - All of her life, Zoila Meyer believed she was an American. She even won election to the City Council of Adelanto.
But now she is facing a threat of deportation for illegally voting, because she never became a citizen after being brought to this country from Cuba when she was 1 year old.
"To be honest with you, I'm scared. How can they just pluck me out of my family, my kids?" the 40-year-old mother of four said in a telephone interview Friday.
Ex-SoCal councilwoman could be deported - Yahoo! News (broken link)
LOS ANGELES - All of her life, Zoila Meyer believed she was an American. She even won election to the City Council of Adelanto.
But now she is facing a threat of deportation for illegally voting, because she never became a citizen after being brought to this country from Cuba when she was 1 year old.
"To be honest with you, I'm scared. How can they just pluck me out of my family, my kids?" the 40-year-old mother of four said in a telephone interview Friday.
Ex-SoCal councilwoman could be deported - Yahoo! News (broken link)
Thank you, Yeah. People should try to distinguish between legal and illegal immigrants. If you don't, then this fight against illegal immigration is nothing more than thinly veiled racism. You certainly don't want the media to think that.
Fraudulent voting is a deportable offense. Although she is a legal resident she isn't a citizen, living here is a privilege not a right, and if she commits a deportable offense she should go.
Exactly, I don't think any court would find that she intentionally committed voting fraud. I don't think she should be deported and I know she won't be.
How could you not know your status? I'm confused. Wouldn't you get confirmation on whether you're a citizen or not? She did apply.
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