butterbean
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 Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 1:59 pm Post subject: Illegal immigrants prep for possible deportations |
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Illegal immigrants prep for possible deportationssleepy Cecilia Cancino, 9, rests her head on the shoulder of her father, David Cancino, during the workshop.
Nelly spent most of Monday afternoon preparing passport applications for her three children who are U.S. citizens.
She and her husband, who are in this country illegally, have already asked a friend to care for their four children and send them to Mexico if the couple is deported. The next thing on Nelly’s list is getting papers together for power of attorney.
“I don’t really know what more I can do,” said Nelly, who declined to give her last name. “I just have to live in fear and be prepared.”
Nelly, like many other illegal immigrants, is trying to have a plan in place in case immigration agents arrive on her doorstep. On a recent Tuesday morning, she sat in the kitchen of her home in Shannon and talked about how she and her husband have spent the past few days getting ready.
The arrests of nearly two dozen Smithfield Packing Co. employees last month on administrative charges has illegal immigrants scrambling to get information, documents and advice. They fear other arrests are around the corner.
Families are rushing to apply for passports for their U.S.-born children and making initial contacts with immigration lawyers. Some are also giving power of attorney and guardianship of their children to trusted friends and family members.
Officials at the Robeson County Courthouse, for example, have seen an increase in the number of Hispanics seeking passports for their children. The office has processed 10 to 15 applications a day since early January. Part of the increase is due to stricter travel requirements that went into effect Jan. 23. But a lot are Hispanics.
“They are getting them so they can get the children prepared to send them to Mexico,” said Hazel Collins, who handles passports at the courthouse. “We had four different families here in one hour.”
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