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Post by Jaga on Jun 11, 2009 23:01:18 GMT -7
11-Year-Old Georgia Girl Ordered to Leave U.S. for Poland Over Paperwork ErrorThe last thing 11-year-old Ewelina Bledniak of Cummings, Ga., had in mind for her summer vacation was a deportation fight. But Hubert and Agnes Bledniak's daughter, who has been in the U.S. since she was 2 years old, faces getting thrown out of America if she doesn't "voluntarily leave" the country by July 23. If she doesn't go "home" to Poland — a country she hasn't seen since she was a baby — on her own, she'll be sent back involuntarily and not allowed to return for 10 years. Ewelina's family came to America in 1999, and her father has become an American citizen. Her mother, a permanent resident, also is seeking to become a citizen. But because of a lawyer's mistake eight years ago, according to the Bledniaks, Ewelina can't stay in the U.S. with her parents. The Bledniaks say their lawyer failed to file the proper documentation for Ewelina back in 2001 — a mistake that stayed under the radar until the family applied for their daughter's green card. It came back denied, automatically putting Ewelina into deportation proceedings. "She didn't do anything wrong," said Hubert Bledniak, who moved to Cumming, a small town about an hour north of Atlanta, in 1999 and owns a tile installation business. His wife, Agnes, works at a restaurant. www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525750,00.html
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Post by pieter on Jun 12, 2009 10:51:25 GMT -7
Jaga,
I am am sorry for the girl and her parents. It looks like such a nice family. She is a very delicate, sweet, little charming girl with grace and ellegance. America will lose a very fine future woman and contributor to the American society. America has always been a country of immigrants and always be a nation of newcommers who bring new energy, elements and flavor to the country, just like the newcommers in Holland did.
I hope that they find a solution and that if she has to leave that her parents joyn her and that they keep being a family in Poland. I don't like families being ripped apart.
Pieter
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Post by Jaga on Jun 12, 2009 12:42:49 GMT -7
Pieter,
I hope that the girl would be back with her parents. Sometimes there are beaurocratic problems which instead of fighting - it is better just follow through and then be able to re-unite with the family again. Her family probably did a good choice to send her back to Poland and wait for the visa to come back
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