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What do you think of these circumstances?
I have a friend who is 54 years old, he was born in Mexico and upon his birth he was adopted by a legal citizen male and an illegal citizen female. His adoption papers stated his adoptive mother must obtain citizenship by the time he was 18, she never did. Eight years ago my friend was picked up, at home, by the border patrol and took to an immigration jail in Eloy, Arizona, he stayed in this jail for four years before the court system decided he had no legal right to live here and was deported to Mexico, he is presently living in Mexico. Both his adoptive parents are now deceased. He lived in America, went to Public schools and worked here for all those years. Do you think what the government did is right?
5 Answers
- The WizLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
They were just enforcing the law, for a change. Your friend should have straightened all that out years ago and applied for citizenship. Now it's going to be much more difficult but not impossible.
- RaelynLv 71 decade ago
This situation sounds highly unusual.
First, as David noted, both your friend and his mother could have obtained legal residency in the 1986 amnesty. Second, if he was born in Mexico, was he adopted there? If so, he should have been able to obtain a visa to enter the US through his father if the adoption was legal. Single parents adopt foreign-born children without any legal problems. I think you or your friend are mistaken about some of the details.
In 1986, your friend had an opportunity to legalize, and he failed to take it, so yes, the government was right in enforcing its own laws.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Yes I do. He should have checked into his own status after being 18. How in the world did they allow an illegal to adopt a kid in the first place. Someone should investigate that.
- Yak RiderLv 71 decade ago
Yes, especially when you consider that he could have easily obtained his Green Card during the 1986 amnesty when he was 30 years of age.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
The US goverment looked after him for 4 years for free ... he got a good deal
He knew he was an illegal
