From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
By Steve deClaissé-Walford–7:05 p.m. Thursday, June 16, 2011
Natalia Elzaurdia — Nati to her friends — is 19, pregnant and scared. She is not scared because she is pregnant, however. She is scared because she is in jail and about to be deported from the only country she has ever really known — the United States of America.
Nati’s situation puts a human face on the collateral damage caused by legislative response to the alleged “immigration crisis.”
To those who say “What is it you don’t get about illegal immigration?” I answer that the issue is not as clear and simple as we would like it to be; at least, not if the average American has any understanding of moral rectitude.
You see, not every illegal immigrant in the United States has willingly or intentionally broken immigration law. There are very many who were brought here when they were children, having no say in — or even an understanding of — what was happening.
When Nati came, she was just 7. As with many others, Nati’s parents, legally admitted with temporary work visas, did not leave the country when their visas expired. (more…)
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