no green card no car?

Question

This 22 year old woman was here since she was 7 years old she has no legal status,has 2 kids and recently was diagnosed with breast and cervical cancer.
She entered a raffle at a spanish radio station .
The price was a 1999 Corvet donated from a famous Mexican/American singer.
The only rule was to be present at time of drawing.
Well she won the car but the radio station lawyer told her tha t if she claim her price He will call U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement to get her deported.
The radio station is the one that organized the "famous" march of people last year.

In a separate incident this month,Toys R Us agreed to award a chinese american infant born in New York a 25,000 prize in a New Year's baby contest after the company was criticized for disqualifying the girl because her mother was (is) an illegal immigrant from china.

Do you think the radio station should give this poor woman (now she is in hiding because she is afraid), the car she won?

Answer 1

First this woman breaks the law and we are suppose to feel sorry for her. There are American citizens in worse condition than this women; they deserve our help. The illegals are here to take what they can get and not have to pay their fair share. We have to stop rewarding the illegals.

Answer 2

If the raffle ticket didn't specify that only legal US residents can qualify then the radio station has no right to withhold the prize.

This isn't any different than a tourist buying a raffle ticket in another country.

If she really wants the car she should leave the US, enter back in with a tourist visa and claim the car legally.

I find it hard to believe a Spanish Radio Station would raise such a ruckus over a 1999 Corvet. Who do they think their audience is going to side with in this dispute?

Answer 3

Wow, that is a hard question to answer. Have you talked to your immigration lawyer? They'd know for sure, but this isn't the same thing as say, trafficking drugs or robbing a bank. Sometimes car accidents happen. Unless you've got a history of reckless or careless driving, I doubt this will hurt your green card application, but your lawyer or immigration representative can tell you for sure.

Answer 4

obviously you didn't`t enter the U.S. Illegally by yourself since you where only 7 years old.I am pretty sure that the Immigration has some kind of program to help you.Did you have your children in the U.S.?That alone should help.Is the father of the kid`s still available? I don`t think that they can deport you.You are only 22 years old,that means your kid`s are still young and need their mom.Just go to the web site.The Department of Homeland Security handles immigration now.You should check into it and nobody would know where you are at.Go to "www.ins.gov".they also have all kind`s of legal advise you can read up on.Don`t be scared.I think thinks will work out for you.

Answer 5

Once they found out her status, they should have informed the INS. Of course she doesn't get the prize. She's a criminal. She's here illegally, and doesn't get rewarded for that. I don't care what her story is or why she is here; the fact is she KNOWS she's a criminal, and has done nothing about it.

I sincerely hope the INS turned up at her door shortly after this story broke.

Answer 6

If the prize promisers stated initially, "foreigners need not apply", then they should be ineligible for the prize, otherwise the prize promisers need to give these people the prizes they won.

Answer 7

Everyone should have to go through the legal system. Sorry.

Answer 8

Only if she uses it to go home to her country.