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...Lopez was an illegal immigrant who left the U.S. voluntarily in 2008. He's in the process of getting his green card so he can rejoin his wife in Shenandoah... (http://azdailysun.com/news/national/man-denied-entry-to-us-from-mexico-to-bury-son/article_84d66c3d-38e1-5a32-bab9-bd1f8c39fe60.html - broken link)
It was granted by HLS, so it was legal. I just wonder if he will return to Mexico. Highly doubt he's going to be monitored 24/7.
I do have a couple of questions.
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An immigration lawyer says a Mexican man will be allowed to enter the United States to bury his 10-year-old son, a U.S. citizen who died in a house fire in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Fidelmar "Fidel" Merlos-Lopez initially was barred entry into the country. But his Philadelphia-based lawyer, Elizabeth Surin, says her client was issued a humanitarian parole to attend the funeral.
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She said early Sunday that Lopez was on a plane bound for Pennsylvania.
Lopez's son, Damien Lopez, died Tuesday in a Shenandoah row house fire along with his cousin, aunt and 7-month-old half-brother. The funeral is set for Monday.
His son, 10 years old died in the fire along with his half-brother, who was 7 months old.
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Lopez was an illegal immigrant who left the U.S. voluntarily in 2008. He's in the process of getting his green card so he can rejoin his wife in Shenandoah.
What were the circumstances that he left "voluntarily"? He left the US in 2008, so how many years does it take to get a green card, especially when it appears he has a lawyer in the US assisting him?
This: He's applying for a green card so that he can join his wife and the 7 month old son that she, and it's safe to assume, had with another man? I wonder if his wife is legal, or was it just her children? If the wife isn't legal, would the absence of Fidel's son, who more than likely was a US citizen, disqualify the father from getting a green card as I'm sure the child's status would have something to do with his application?
It was granted by HLS, so it was legal. I just wonder if he will return to Mexico. Highly doubt he's going to be monitored 24/7...
Of course you (there is a reason to state it that way, which may come out) understand that he is probably not going to ruin his chances of legal residency now?...
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Originally Posted by softblueyz
...I do have a couple of questions.
His son, 10 years old died in the fire along with his half-brother, who was 7 months old.
What were the circumstances that he left "voluntarily"? He left the US in 2008, so how many years does it take to get a green card, especially when it appears he has a lawyer in the US assisting him?
This: He's applying for a green card so that he can join his wife and the 7 month old son that she, and it's safe to assume, had with another man? I wonder if his wife is legal, or was it just her children? If the wife isn't legal, would the absence of Fidel's son, who more than likely was a US citizen, disqualify the father from getting a green card as I'm sure the child's status would have something to do with his application?
Nope. The most likely scenario is an I-601 waiver, in which he has to leave the United States at some point to process at the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez. It doesn't even mean that he was caught or deported.
To further clarify, his wife has to be a U.S. citizen. How do I know? Because the I-601 requires it. He would have not gained any ability to legalize from a minor U.S. citizen child (I-601s are required to almost always come from a U.S. citizen spouse).
He would perhaps be serving out a ban or awaiting Consulate processing. The hardship to his wife is even higher now, losing two of her children tragically like that. If the father had been here, would those two U.S. citizens maybe had a different fate to be alive?
The one assumption I am making since it was Shenandoah, is that the investigators better be able to determine the cause of the fire...
In that particular area there has been some previous "reactions" to Hispanics living among the populace...
It was granted by HLS, so it was legal. I just wonder if he will return to Mexico. Highly doubt he's going to be monitored 24/7.
I do have a couple of questions.
His son, 10 years old died in the fire along with his half-brother, who was 7 months old.
What were the circumstances that he left "voluntarily"? He left the US in 2008, so how many years does it take to get a green card, especially when it appears he has a lawyer in the US assisting him?
This: He's applying for a green card so that he can join his wife and the 7 month old son that she, and it's safe to assume, had with another man? I wonder if his wife is legal, or was it just her children? If the wife isn't legal, would the absence of Fidel's son, who more than likely was a US citizen, disqualify the father from getting a green card as I'm sure the child's status would have something to do with his application?
I thought the April Fools joke was in the spelling within the title: Goverinment allowes illeagle mexican to re-inter US... Government allows illegal Mexican to re-enter US...
I thought the April Fools joke was in the spelling within the title: Goverinment allowes illeagle mexican to re-inter US... Government allows illegal Mexican to re-enter US...
Yeah, just following the convention here...
It really has no bearing on participation when someone misspells words, they wouldn't be banned for it (would they?)...
I would die to hear what happened to Eric however...
And the fact that he is trying to fly right to gain his legal residency...
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