Die Fighting for America and Parents get Deported??

Question

How can anyone Not feel sick at this?

U.S. Deports Parents of Dead Soldiers
By Domenico Maceri, New America Media. September 5, 2007.

Three years after U.S. Army Private Armando Soriano, 20, died fighting in Haditha, Iraq, his father is facing deportation. Soriano is now buried in Houston, Tex., his hometown, where his parents, undocumented workers from Mexico, are currently living.
Before his death Soriano had promised his parents he'd help them get green cards. He only succeeded partially before losing his life. Although his mother was able to obtain a green card, his father did not qualify and is on the verge of being deported.
Enrique Soriano, Armando's father, is not the only person to have lost a son or daughter in the Iraq war and face deportation. There are more than three million people born in the U.S. with parents who came into the country illegally. Those born in the U.S. are automatically citizens and have all the rights and duties enjoyed by Americans. That includes military service with the possibility of losing one's life.

proudamerican2405 Do you feel better calling me names? What do you think you achieve by it?

DAr..fair enough. Here is the link that I have it from:
http://www.alternet.org/rights/61729/

ProUSA2 I'm Not trying to tarnish your great military image. I'm pointing out a sad injustice. What is so hard for you to understand about that?

Answer 1

This soldiers should have never joined the service. If he knew the U.S. was going to deport his father and cause more heart ache for his family by breaking them up and destroy their way of living in the U.S. for at least 18 years. enough time to raise a born u.s. citizen son. if he knew he would have burned that letter they send in the mail to register for the selective service. Of course he knew they were here illegally but wanted to help them get a green card instead of turn his own parents in. And that is strange that his mother gets a green card but not the father. I assume he has a misdemeanor or felony crime on his record or it could be something else.

So I guess the lesson is if you have a parent who is here illegally don't fight for the U.S. because the U.S. won't fight for your parents. I was considering joining too but now forget it instead of recruiting I'll be saying don't join. and I don't even know any illegals as family or friends.

Answer 2

What makes you think the government of the United States would allow you to "retract" a complaint you made that someone else was committing a criminal act which impacts society at large and not just you specifically? Can you imagine any other circumstances in which you would be allowed to do this? "Hello, FBI? I was sort of thinking, and I don't really like prostitutes that much anyway, so could you just forget about that complaint I filed that the guy living next door to me is killing hookers? I know you've already found a stack of bodies in his basement, but if you could just overlook that and let him go back to doing what he was doing..." It doesn't really work logically, does it? Same thing here. The Federal government is not going to simply forget a crime being committed against the government and people of the United States because you've decided you regret turning the person in. I'm afraid what you and your friend's family are going through here is commonly known as "having to live with the consequences of your actions". If the woman and her family want to stay in America, they will have to make their case to Immigration and Naturalization Services and/or a Federal judge, and hope one or the other is nice enough to sympathize and let them stay. Otherwise, they outta here.

Answer 3

It is sad. What I am wondering is that if Armando is American, it means that his parents have lived in the US for at least 20 years.

From immigration's point-of-view, there's no clause that exempts illegal residents to obtain citizenship if their son is enlisted in the army. From the parents point-of-view, they gave USA a son to fight for their country, and now they are being kicked out of it.

That's a very common situation, where people after living for decades in the US are still being seen as aliens. Some things for me just don't make sense.

Answer 4

wow i after i read all those cold hearted filled with hatred answers, i have to say we are fulled of ignorant minded people. It is also sad to see how a disable veteran here doesn't care either, maybe he should of just died out there, the less closed minded people we have in this planet the better. Now don't get me wrong i m not dissing any members of the Armed forces, only those who think like that, cuss its just such a pitty a hero like that can be that cold hearted. Now on to your question, frankly i think its pathetic the government is even doing this,i mean how can they do this to the parents of a war veteran who died for this country, who gave everything for this country and now they choose to just deport his parents, all because they were here illegally, i mean if they had killed someone, raped, or were sexual predators then hey who cares,but this are hardworking people, and the government is just not giving a damn. That just shows how much the Feds really give a damn about people, i feel sorry for the parents of that soldier, i just hope the parents have a good life, and hope they can visit their son again soon, Shame on all you people who have so much hate, but hey what do i care, what goes around comes around.

Answer 5

Military service is not an exchange for any family member being excused for a crime. It's not a free pass for anyone. American citizens loose their lives everyday serving their country and it's a tragic loss. American citizens don't get excused for crimes or given special benefits because their children served and died in the line of duty. Sorry but that's the way it is.

Answer 6

Undocumented? Don't you mean ILLEGAL!!!!
Part of the problem is giving citizenship to people born in this country whose parents broke the law to get them here.
Now I'm not totally heartless (some might disagree) I am sympathetic to their loss, no one should have to bury their child. And I appreciate his service, but that doesn't change the fact that his father has no right to reside in this country a minute longer.

Answer 7

Why didn't he qualify?

It sounds like some OTHER law was broken somewhere.

Until I know that I don't know if this is the sort of thing private bills in congress were created for - the truly unusual circumstance - or something that is just as well. Just supposing this soldier's father were a multiple convicted felon drug runner? With all respect to the son, we wouldn't want the father.

I'd need more facts to respond.

Answer 8

I'm sorry for the loss of their son.

Other than that--theyare illegal and they need to go. Losing a son does NOT mean amnesty for crimes. If it does, there are plenty of American criminals in prisons who should be let out as well due to the loss of their children through military service.

Being illegal aliens who lost a son does not grant them any rights to amnesty for criminal acts.

Answer 9

how many times have we heard this one while sad the fact remains illegal is illegal and nothing anyone can say such as undocumented workers ect will change that it is the law here that if you enter the country through unlawful means then you will be deported end of story

Answer 10

Criminals don't get pardoned for their crimes because they have relatives in the military. Wherever did you get such a crazy idea?

If this were true, we would have a whole lot less people in prison.

P.S. I am a disabled retired military vet. Not a single person in my family EVER received any type of preferential treatment for what I did for my country. Nor should they. Neither did any of my comrade in arms families...Nor should they.

You are not the first one on this site to try to tarnish our great military's image by trying to suggest that for some reason criminals should benefit for what WE have done and the sacrifices WE have made for our country. Disgusting.