Jeff Sessions has pulled the rug out from underneath us. V's whole asylum claim is now null and void. Our only hope is 1) it will take a long time to get to her case or 2) hope that there is an uproar and appeals prove effective. Both of these though are extremely uncertain. We didn't even tell her the news yesterday evening. I don't think she knows. What do we do when they come to deport her? That's the fear that is paralyzing me. I am so afraid for her and I can't believe we'll be parted from D. How will he grow up? What if V is killed? Who raises this little boy? On the other hand, it is unthinkable that she should leave him here. He needs his mommy. That would be so horrible to tear them apart, but he is a U.S. citizen.
We don't know what to do or even if we can do anything. Holy Spirit, why did you bring V and D into our lives if we really couldn't help them?
I really am very bitterly angry at people right now. I can't stand the Catholics who have embraced this very anti-Catholic stance against fellow humans. Honestly, even if you were going to overturn this reason for asylum, anybody with any sense of justice would grandfather in those who had already made the claim. Because you really shouldn't change rules in the middle of the game. That's unjust.
And I really do think it boils down to bigotry. We are at an 18 year low in unemployment yet we have something like 6 millions job openings? This is going to effect our economy. And the Catholics who are so quick to defend Sessions, and Trump who has fostered this, don't you realized you are hurting fellow Catholics? The majority of those effected are Catholic and if not Catholic, Christian. It is just as I have predicted, the pro-life movement has been turned into the Left's caricature of it. They don't care about women or the poor. They actively seek to hurt them. They don't even care about children. The children of illegal aliens and refugees don't matter. They only care about controlling women. They have become tools of the devil.
V's birthday is on Friday. What should we do for her?
I don't think it should matter whether the laws are hurting fellow Catholics versus hurting Muslims or Jews or Buddhists or whatever, though. We are all God's children. If that DOES matter to them, then they are not truly Christian. In my Jewish opinion...
ReplyDeleteI agree that we are supposed to love everybody but these are people who strongly identify as Catholic so you'd think they'd be protective of other people who are also Catholic, but it turns out they get jettisoned for political purposes.
DeleteAnd here's the thing: that caricature of the pro-life movement was always there, but it was counterbalanced by all the well-meaning people who really cared about mothers and children. Unfortunately, that "caricature" segment has managed to grow ascendant and radicalize the movement. It's been happening for a while now - I first noticed it during the Obamacare kerfuffle in 2009. I'd be discussing the issue with people online who said they were prolife and were worried about abortion, and all sorts of weird stuff would come out eventually: statements like "well, my niece got pregnant and it's her fault because she's immoral and she needs to live with the consequences" type of thing. Ask Marion - she saw it. That's real old school (I think you'd agree - reminds me of the mean nun in Philomena), but it's always been there and now it's taking over again. Judgment instead of mercy - it's a perennial problem (obviously, since it gets its own parable!)...
ReplyDeleteWell, screw them. I am too angry right now to be charitable. May they rot in hell. Here's a woman who went through hell to have her baby and they are throwing her under the bus. . . and the baby too. What assholes.
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry to hear about this dreadful situation. We have similarly terrible immigration and asylum issues here, thanks to Theresa May quite deliberately following a "hostile environment" policy. It makes me absolutely furious! This may be a completely useless suggestion, but is it worth looking into the possibility of V claiming asylum in Canada if it looks as though she is likely to be deported? Justin Trudeau appears to foster a much kinder approach to asylum seekers. Could be a back-up plan which would at least keep her and D safe.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/refugees/help-outside-canada.html#countryasylum
ReplyDeleteI think she would need some form of sponsorship and I don't know how that is obtained. Am I right in remembering that V is French-speaking? If so, then Quebec could be an option. Obviously I hope that appeals will put her asylum case back into play in the US, but if deportation to her country of origin is likely or (God forbid!) imminent, it may be that if she has a Canadian application in play that would give her some protection?
Kathryn, we are actually looking into this.
DeleteOh no. I don't know her story, but I know you love them both. Praying for you all. Lisa
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