Hoa can she get home?

Question

My friend & his g/f got into a fight. She just came from Canada like 5 weeks ago to N.H. to be w/him. No one will help her out money wise cuz she has screwed them over before. How can she get home? Her dad told her to turn herself in as an illgel immigrant, but she will be jailed atleast month half is this true? Do you know anyways to help her get home?

she is 18. she left Canada to U.S.A. w/out telling no one

Answer 1

If she's 18, nobody's going to care about her as a runaway, and if she's managed to screw over every relative she has by 18, I do sorta wonder if it wouldn't be a useful grow-up-already experience to be stranded...

But. Er, can't the boyfriend suck it up, grow up, and pay her fare home?

If no, and she's genuinely stuck and has called absolutely everybody, tell her to call the Cdn consulate. Ah, wait --

Boston
Consulate General of Canada
Three Copley Place, Suite 400
Boston, MA 02116

Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],
[e-mail]
Territory: Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont (other: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon)

...see what they say, at any rate.

Getting trapped as a tourist doesn't make one an illegal immigrant, though. It's not like she's been there for long enough to be 'illegal.'

Answer 2

So they had a fight, and can't work through it? Your friend should suck it up and buy her the bus ticket home.

She likely woudn't be considered an illegal until she's been in the States longer than 90 days. She could try turning herself in - if they jail her, so what? Roof over her head and three meals a day, and they don't put illegal immigrants in with hardened criminals. BUT - if they deport her, its not like they are going to buy her a plane ticket to the city of her choice. They'll dump her across the border wherever. Also, such a claim could affect her ability to ever gain entry to the States again - think of the inconvenience.

If you're buddy won't do the right thing and help her, she could try getting a cash paid daily kind of job. Save up, buy a bus ticket herself. And hopefully she will learn from this little experience and make smarter choices.

Answer 3

could she be consider a runaway?
if so
try these organizations they might be able to help



National Runaway Switchboard - 1-800-426-5678
Hotline for runaways looking for shelter or want to get message to their family. Free bus rides home.

Child Find of America - 1-800-426-5678
Helps locate missing children. Mediation for parental abduction

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children - 1-800-843-5678 or 1-803-254-2326
To report a sighting of a missing child or to report a missing or sexually exploited child.

Operation Home Free - 1-800-786-2929
Any minor 12-21 years old can call for free ride home through the Greyhound Corp. Police not involved

Nineline - Covenant House - 1-800-999-9999
National crisis line focusing on youth to age 21 in trouble and parents having difficulty with their children. Provides information and referral for resources anywhere in the country.