WELL...
THIS BLOG IS AN ATTEMPT TO GET TOGETHER MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND START A DISCUSSION ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM, AS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT, SEMI-LEGAL IMMIGRANT, ILLEGAL AGAIN AND NOW DEPORTED, IT IS FOR 19 YEARS OF MY ADULT LIFE LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY, FOR MY TWO AMERICAN BORN SONS 18 AND 17 YEARS OLD AND MY BRAZILIAN WIFE ALSO FACING THE SAME IMMIGRATION PROCEDURE AS I HAD...
I AM TRYING TO PUT A FACE NOT JUST ON WHAT HAPPENED TO ME AND MY FAMILY ON WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING AS ILLEGAL ALIEN FAMILY, LIVING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 21 ST CENTURY IN THE USA, ALSO AN ATTEMPT TO RAISE QUESTIONS AND MAYBE ANSWERS, SERIOUS ONES, OF WHAT IS BEING HAPPENING ACROSS THIS GREAT NATION SPECIALLY AFTER 9/11 AND ALSO DURING THIS LAST 8 YEARS OF THE FORMER ADMINISTRATION, THE ATTEMPTS TO LEGALIZE OR NOT FAMILIES LIKE MINE...
THE DEPORTATION PROCESS WAS SOMETHING I NEVER ANTICIPATED, BUT THE WORST OF ALL IS THE WAY YOU FEEL, BEING RIPPED APART FROM WHAT REALITY AND THE REFERENCES OF YOUR DAY-TO-DAY ORDINARY LIFE BEING NO LONGER...
MAYBE BEING DENIED A RE-ENTRY TO LIVE WITH MY SONS, OR EVEN HAVING THEM ONE DAY LEGALIZING ME AND MY WIFE IS SOMETHING LIKE A NIGHTMARE, LIFE HAS LOST ITS MEANING...
MY FAMILY IS NOT ALONE, A LOT AMERICAN FAMILIES ARE BEING TORN APART AND THIS IS NOT JUST FOR ME, IT MUST BE FOR ALL OF US,EVEN THOUGH IT MAY GET MORE COMPLEX IN ITSELF AS COMPLICATED OUR HISTORIES GETS, BUT AS AN AMERICAN TRADITION, IT WILL BE DONE AND IT WILL BE DEALT WITH AND IT HAS TO BE THE RIGHT WAY, WITH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR IT...
MY HOPE IS TO BE ALLOWED BACK IN THE US, TO RESUME MY LIFE WITH MY FAMILY, TO PAY MY TAXES MY BILLS, TO BE ABLE TO SEE MY SONS GRADUATIONS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE, LIKE A DREAM THAT SEEMS TO BE FAR FETCHED FROM WHERE I AM NOW, BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE...
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