More examples of why immigration reform is needed now. A woman whose undocumented husband was deported and a family here legally who were only allowed to bring 2 of their 4 children with them. - - Donna Poisl
Congressman says current immigration rules hurt families
By Georgia Pabst of the Journal Sentinel
Rosa Bautista broke into tears as she told a standing-room-only crowd of nearly 1,000 who filled St. Adalbert's Catholic Church on Sunday afternoon about how the father of her four children had been deported to Mexico City.
She's a U.S. citizen, and her children are, too, but the day before Good Friday last year, the man in their lives was deported, she said. He had been here nine years and worked as a roofer, Bautista said.
"I ask you, if you were in my shoes, would you like to see your family separated as we are?" she asked the crowd.
Edward Ike of Nigeria told of how he and his wife could bring only two of their four children with them because their U.S. sponsor couldn't afford the other two. That was in 2003. The 6-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter they left behind are now 11 and 13, he said.
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