Comments on: “Iraq War Veteran Returns Home, Wife Faces Deportation”

By: Wolverine

Wolverine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:34:46 +0000

Good point, Twinad. All I can say is that they would have gotten that reprieve from me either way. Volunteer soldier? Service in Iraq or Afghanistan? We owe them all — big time.

By: Twinad

Twinad — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:44:43 +0000

Thank goodness. I wish it didn’t take brain damage and other injuries like that to make it okay for this family to stay together though. What if he had come home from war healthy? Would they have gotten the reprieve in that case?

By: Wolverine

Wolverine — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:18:04 +0000

Good for DHS. Jack Barrios served his country. His country is saying thank you.

By: Moon-howler

Moon-howler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:13:01 +0000

CNN just reported that Barrios’ wife has been spared deportation. DHS has joined the request to have deportation proceedings halted.

By: Moon-howler

Moon-howler — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:54:16 +0000

This story is probably the one immigrant story everyone agrees with each other on. I haven’t seen this before, I don’t think.

By: Twinad

Twinad — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:11 +0000

Agree with Emma and Wolverine. Why on earth would it matter to anyone whether she applied for legal status before or after the marriage? Terrible story and I hope someone pays attention and does something for this family. Pat.Herve, plenty of people also marry “foreigners” and can’t get legal status for their spouse because laws have changed over the years.

By: Elena

Elena — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:54:11 +0000

It is a wonderful testament to see so many people with differing views come to a consensus for this war veteran, his wife, and mother to his children.

By: Wolverine

Wolverine — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:05:31 +0000

Jack Barrios appears to have already paid a price on behalf of all the rest of us. Regardless of where you stand on the immigration issue as a whole, it is clear that we need to ramp up our system for a fair adjudication of “special cases” and “exceptions to the rule.” In a case like this one, I doubt that there are many of us who could not find it in our hearts to give Barrios and his wife a break in life. Barring that, surely there is some Congressman or Senator who could do something which would bring this to a satisfactory conclusion for the Barrios family. Giving this particular couple a break is something over which none of us should be at loggerheads.

By: Emma

Emma — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02:46 +0000

“brain damage and back and joint injuries”‘

Enough said. The soldier’s paid his dues threefold. Let her stay.

By: Elena

Elena — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:52:16 +0000

I don’t know many details, but apparently she knew she was here without proper documentation but did NOT know there were deportation orders pending against her.