I want to help my friend

Hello, it's been a long time since i been here. Once again, i need another advice. I have a friend who is staying here illegally. Yes, she is illegal immigrant and shes been living here for 10 years now.

Here is where problem starts. She and her family have been struggling to get Permanent resident card for 10 years with no luck, they have immigraition lawyer and so far have been rejected 2 times for unknown reasons. Last week, she received the notice that her request for green card has be rejected and was left with following choices. 1. Appeal and hope for the best, 2. Get deported if appeal doesnt go through, 3. Marry a guy with citizenship. Well.. lastly freedom act which Barack Obama is pushing.

All of above mentioned method are uncertain and if she does get deported, she wont be able to come back for 10 years. She have been working her ass off to go to pharmacy school and after 2-3 years of college, 3.7gpa and countless exams, she have finally met the req to be accepted to pharmacy school. Unfortunately, she thought she was going to get green card this year and that is why she worked so hard. If she gets deported, she loses years of hard work, her friends and childhood. She also wont be able to comeback for 10 years, and that's not even certain. They might not even let her come back permanently.

I want to help her, but i dont know what to do. I have green card, i been too lazy to get us citizenship but im considering after she told me her situation. Yes, im thinking about marrying her so that she can get her citizenship. But im not sure what kind of impact that will have in my life. What are some things that i should know and will it be really worth it? I want to help a friend, but dont want to jeopordize my life at the same time.

This is really unfair for some people. I thought this was country of oppurtunity? She was never criminal nor convicted of any, it wasnt her decision to come to US, she simply had no choice but to follow her parent. Why does the law constantly punishes wrong person?

She only have 1.5-2 years to wrap up her 11 years of her life, from middle school to college. I want to atleast give her hope not to give up.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I understand what you are saying sass. You have totally valid point, no denying that. But it wasnt her choice to come to US with her parents. She was only 9-10 years old when she first set foot in america. For 10 years, shes been trying to legalize her status. Poured thousands of dollar to immigration lawyer that did not do much, taking advantage of the fact that she is illegal.

She is getting punished because of what her parents did, now she is doing what she can to get herself out, actually it's been 10 years shes been trying.

Im not looking for sympathy but rather simple understanding and advices from intellectual community here that might have better knowledge in a situation like this.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

thanks for understanding lucca.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Southeast Asian

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by LeHah

You're confusing my giving a shit with what I wrote earlier. Let me explain this to you in very simple terms...

You can attempt to press the point that this girl has every right or reason to stay in this country for sentimental reasons. Thats awful because you know theres no logical or legal reason for her to be here in the first place, so you have to play the "Poor Old Me" card to stay in the game. Meanwhile, the rest of the country has to sweat and work to keep this girl in the country. She's never paid social security and shes never paid taxes if shes here illegally.

Basically, shes stolen from every American who does anything for a living for however long she's been here.

Were it humanly possible, I'd stick her in a canon full of badgers and shoot her to Nicaragua or some other hellish country that doesn't believe in God or the basic humanity of the white man's culture. She's breaking the law by simply being where she is, breathing the air while shes here.

Shes been paying tax. Dont know how but all i know is her brother is citizen of USA. Maybe that has something to do with it. She doesnt get paid under the table, she works at CVS or some other pharmacy chain. Every goods she bought, she paid the tax. Before working at pharmacy, she worked at a american restaurant as a waitress. They also took taxes off.

Shes better than crackheads and beggars on the street that they call themselve citizen of US, too lazy to work and demanding welfare checks and spare change all the time. Shes better than those who commit tax fraud, those who refuse to pay income tax who call themselve citizen of US.
I dont blame her, i blame her parents and that's pretty much it.

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some other hellish country that doesn't believe in God or the basic humanity of the white man's culture.

Thanks for the good laugh.

I was speaking idiomatically.

US just have higher standard of living. But with that comes more stress.
To be honest, id rather live in Japan or S.Korea but i grew up here so this place is all i know and have.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by a lucca

Dude Mexico and Japan are vastly dissimilar. Is that where your friend is from?

No, shes from Southeast Asia. Japan/S.Korea.
Whered you get Mexico lol

FELIPE NO

well, it's more of she grew up here most of her life and so this place is like her home. Even though her home country is developed country, it's foreign to her. It's like starting all over in a foreign place. She have all her friends here, she got everything going for her here through her hardwork and bam.. letter stating she got rejected. Sad

It seems she is trying to atleast graduate with degree before it happens. Sigh..

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?