"Bring Them Home : Activists fight for return of longtime illegal immigrants

mercurynews ^ | 03/13/2014 | David E. Early

[moonshinner_09]

Amid the noisy cultural and political warfare waged over immigration reform, a quieter but no less compelling bit of protest has emerged.

This week, about 30 people -- most of them Latin-Americans who had been previously deported from the U.S. after living here for years -- marched to the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego County and told border inspectors they wanted asylum. The individuals were then taken to a detention center, where their fate now rests with an immigration judge.

Part of a new crusade called "Bring Them Home," the action is aimed at heaping negative attention on the Obama administration's deportation policy, which activists say is tearing apart the families of many otherwise law-abiding illegal immigrants. The protest comes at a critical juncture, when comprehensive immigration reform -- which would grant most illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship -- has stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives after passing the Senate last summer.

Among the protesters was a Honduran national from San Jose and a Mexican wife and mother from San Pablo who has been separated from her family for nearly three years -- including her son, a San Jose State student.

"The Obama administration maintains that its deportation policy has affected mostly immigrants convicted of crimes, but in the wake of the protests the president on Thursday issued a surprise call to re-evaluate its practices.

[moonshinner_09]

Nothing but a scam at this rate everybody in Mexico will be here.Illegals now think it does not matter why you were deported or how many times you were deported.Just cross over than make the claim to establish a "credible fear'" of persecution in their country of origin..Like this woman..Aguilar's family believes that during her interview she will also describe the trauma of being separated from her kids..Well maybe we will empty all jails ,Prisons,as inmates claim the trauma of being separated from their kids.Military can no longer send anybody out the country due to the trauma of being separated from their kids.Good ole Obama will cut them all loose with a court date they will miss by saying the notice never came in the mail.At this point they want our immigration laws to be abolish. The illegals never have anything to say about their fellow illegals who drove drunk killed a family,molested children,stealing ssn's,tax fraud,on and on it goes where it stops nobody knows

[Jack Hydrazine]

Okay, just return them home to their country(ies) of origin! Problem solved!

[Mastador1]

Okay, just return them home to their country(ies) of origin! Problem solved!

I'm with you on that! I'll get behind the "Send Paco Packin" program.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I’m down with SPP!

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I have a good idea: Illegals for liberals. For every illegal, one registered democrat in the US must live in Mexico.

[RightGeek]

“Leave them at home”

[Eagles6]

This is coordinated by the obama regime to bring "pressure" on the WH and, by extension, Congress, I.e., the RINO led House.

Well, I guess it IS transparent, at least for those that choose to see.

[RginTN]

No negative adjectives I see.

Well, they had their amnesty in 1986. Secure the borders & punish those who hire illegals.

[TigersEye]

Otay.

[Gay State Conservative]

Silly Wabbit! They *are* home.

[School of Rational Thought]

Why do Mexicans abandon their families?

[Iron Munro]

Not “Bring Them Home”

But

SEND THEM HOME !!!!