Originally posted by James Donovan:
That's a very special case. It's not self inflicted hardship like others who sneak
across the border.
My husband didnt self inflict anything either though...it was his stupid mother...who we keep contact with to a minimum...because she thinks with about 2 brain cells.
-Emily

[email protected] (Des) wrote in message
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    > Emily,
    > research this website - www.shusterman.com.
    > Mr. Shusterman is a lawyer in California, and in a case last year where he managed
    > to have a teenager stay in the US - with presidential signoff (Clinton). The
    > story: this boy was from Canada, living with his parents, while the rest of his
    > extended family (including his grandparents) were in California. His parents
    > were killed in an accident, and the orphan was taken in by his grandparents in
    > LA. The INS did not allow him to stay, and Mr. Shusterman took the case all the
    > way to the President - it worked.
    > If anyone has an idea how to handle this situation - and my inkling is that you
    > might still be faster waiting for LIFE2 to pass - he's someone who can help you
    > with it.
    > - Des

Originally posted by Chris Parker:
    > Cp, I have to argue with you for a minute. I know that it seems simple for us to
    > just be patient, and I tried that the first 5 months of waiting, trust me.....but,
    > its easier said than done. Jeromes case is such a unique one, because it is not
    > like he just got fed up with his country, and decided to hop across the border
    > illegally, ya know? He went to high school and got his GED and was looking into
    > going to college, getting a job and starting his life when he found out that he
    > couldnt because of his stupid mother. We are so ancy, because we want to do so many
    > things and we cant. I want to go back to college full time not just part time but i
    > cant because i have to work as much as possible because he cant....and we all know
    > the bills must be paid. We want to have children but i dont dare now, not knowing
    > if my husband will even be here to be part of his babies life..or if he is here,
    > and he doesnt get caught, not knowing if i will be able to support a baby on my
    > wages......so, sitting around like a bump on a log waiting is literally driving me
    > crazy, and, i feel that if some "higher up" on the government ladder knew of his
    > situation, that they might be able to help.....

Okay, I suppose this means in all this time, particularly after age 16, Jerome still
does not have a social security number. He cannot get a driver's license, he cannot
work, he has no bank account, he has no credit, he and his parents have never filed
income taxes, etc. You're right, it is his parents' fault mostly, but after age 18 it
became his fault also. I assure you, however, Jerome is not alone and he is just the
first of many now becoming adults and finding themselves in this bizarre situation.
Marrying you may have been the right thing for him to do, if the marriage is a
legitimate one as it sounds like it is.

There are two things you can do:
1) Write your congressmen and senators about your situation, and support that INA
245(i) should be made permanently available, but only to those who were brought to
the U.S. as children prior to, say, 1986 or 1996 or something. The amnesty does
not offer a threat to national security for children brought here in the past,
helplessly, as it clearly does for the adults.
2) Jerome needs to find a job in self-employment. He certainly cannot be sitting
around at home all day for the rest of his life waiting for the Congress to do
something, maybe. His career options are limited until such time. Depending on
his education and experience, some examples of the work opportunities that may be
available to him include home improvements, property maintenance, business owner,
daycare operator, private courier, doctor, lawyer, etc.

Your situation is sad, and this is one of the unfortunate consequences of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.


CP

Originally posted by Mrtravel:
LeightonJ wrote:

    > Thank you for the suggestions! He does have a bank account, however, and did have
    > stocks for a long time. (His father got killed when he was 3, and his mother opened
    > a trust with the money left to him.) Its so funny how this government works....hes
    > paid taxes on his mutual accounts to the same gvmt that may deport him some day
    > lol...wow... He doesnt have credit but.......i dont know, thank you for the
    > support.

How is he paying taxes? Does he have a SSN? Is this a voluntary thing, or is the
money deducted from the trust fund automaticaly?