- Target:
- Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Chuck Grassley
- Region:
- United States of America
My husband has broken the EWI law, but no other. It was wrong, but his motivation was to help his family. We were living in Iowa. Early one Sunday morning ICE pounded on our doors and arrested my husband for EWI in front of our three small children. All five of us relocated to Mexico last year. I left my teaching job in Sioux City, which was our main income. Now we live in Mexico. Our income is very small. My children and I lost the only family we have ever known. We don't make enough money for bus or plane tickets. My parents are struggling, near retirement farmers. They can't help me.
My husband has a ten-year bar. We are here for ten years, or more if we cannot prove qualifying hardship in ten years. My children and I are U.S. citizens, but we lost access to U.S. healthcare, education, and security.
We, the undersigned, call on our representatives to AMEND the laws and allow for immediate waivers for Joaquin Rogelio Ortiz so that he can process his visa and come back to the US now.
Specifically, we ask our legislators to please support general waiver reform with uniform standards for 212(a)(6)(c), 212(a)(9)(a), 212(a)(9)(b), and 212(a)(9)(c) that will specifically benefit US citizens who live in exile such as the Ortiz Family.
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The Bring the Ortiz Family Home! petition to Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Chuck Grassley was written by Jessica and is in the category Law Reform at GoPetition.