starting over south of the border

[jamcity]

I took the title from the front page of the Globe & Mail today.  

I was once an illegal immigrant who was deported over the southern border, refiled and came back legally.  I now hold permanent residence for where I was once deported.





I hate to begin an argument with the phrase; "as a ______."  Fortunately I didn't get around to forming an argument.. so here is my life story- raw facts as unemotional as I can present it


Introduction
This situation is going to sound complicated due to my parents avoiding the proper system, then even further complicated by immigration red tape.  

My parents moved to Canada before I was born, they are both Americans.  They ran a family business, got a home and created family there.  

Ironically while living in Canada my mother went through the trouble of making sure my brother and I would be born in Michigan like the rest of the family... so we could be presidents... This would of required a considerable amount of planning, so it is understandable why when having her final child as mother to two kids already, one seven and in school she stayed at the home in Canada.

 

We made fun of my sister a lot growing up as being the sole Canadian in the family... then like karma when I was 17 I got deported for not being Canadian and she got to stay.... 
 

Since moving to Canada for temporary work they had settled down and decided they wanted to make home there now.  This is where chaos ensues.  Up until that point everything was fine, my classmates would always insist I was just like them but I would contend we were very different.  I would like to explore these feelings of kinship later, but lets get back to the plot.

My parents decided that moving forward the best step would be to hire a family immigration attorney.  The lawyer then determined the best option was to apply for status from within Canada... apparently this set off a red flag that notified Canadian authorities that we were in the country illegally.  Other attorneys have since said we should of applied for status from outside of Canada and would of been fine.  The immigration racket is very corrupt and dirty, it is an open secret by everyone in it that you must abuse the options- and that only a fool would do everything properly.... well my parents hired a fool.

This triggered a long series of delaying judgement while filing for whatever was viable, humanitarian compassion and aid, family reunification, anything that works is on the table.  These forms costs thousands, sometimes in the tens of thousands to get done.  As the parent is must be frustrating doing all of this... and then coming up with an answer to the kids when they ask what is up with our status, am I going to be able to get a job finally?  I had a coop at a bank for school I couldn't proceed with cause it was going to "just a couple more weeks till our papers came in," little more than a year later I was being deported.

The judgement took many years.  By the time we finally did all get status my brother was over the age to be included as a dependent for the family migration... he was maybe in middle school, at least still in high school when it began... a few months later I would be in the same boat and like him still without status today.

The judgement was that we were illegal immigrants or something, I'm not sure... I always thought of myself as a foreign national.  The process went down like this... our immigration was rejected, at this point we were given a removal order.  Two months into my last year of high school I had to go with my parents to the immigration office in Niagara Falls, they were waiting to receive, and process us.  We were escorted over the bridge and handed off to the American border patrol.  The removal order was placed on my two parents and me forcing us to leave the country by the date given, an additional exclusion order was put on my parents barring them from entry for 1 year.  My brother was not included as he had been dropped from the family migration at this point, and was living in Michigan.  my sister- the Canadian didn't have to go with us, there was no immigration hassle for her... I mean other than losing her family and having to move around from house to house to family friends like the kids from 'the series of unfortunate events'





Now ask me anything so we can make a thread outta this.

[Slavik]

Im not sure what you are trying to communicate with this story.  By the way I am a legal immigrant from USSR, it took my family 5 years to immigrate, and we never came illegally.  

[labmath2]

I took the title from the front page of the Globe & Mail today.

 

I was once an illegal immigrant who was deported over the southern border, refiled and came back legally. I now hold permanent residence for where I was once deported.

 

 

 

 

 

I hate to begin an argument with the phrase; "as a ______." Fortunately I didn't get around to forming an argument.. so here is my life story- raw facts as unemotional as I can present it

 

 

Introduction

This situation is going to sound complicated due to my parents avoiding the proper system, then even further complicated by immigration red tape.

 

My parents moved to Canada before I was born, they are both Americans. They ran a family business, got a home and created family there.

 

Ironically while living in Canada my mother went through the trouble of making sure my brother and I would be born in Michigan like the rest of the family... so we could be presidents... This would of required a considerable amount of planning, so it is understandable why when having her final child as mother to two kids already, one seven and in school she stayed at the home in Canada.

 

We made fun of my sister a lot growing up as being the sole Canadian in the family... then like karma when I was 17 I got deported for not being Canadian and she got to stay....

 

Since moving to Canada for temporary work they had settled down and decided they wanted to make home there now. This is where chaos ensues. Up until that point everything was fine, my classmates would always insist I was just like them but I would contend we were very different. I would like to explore these feelings of kinship later, but lets get back to the plot.

 

My parents decided that moving forward the best step would be to hire a family immigration attorney. The lawyer then determined the best option was to apply for status from within Canada... apparently this set off a red flag that notified Canadian authorities that we were in the country illegally. Other attorneys have since said we should of applied for status from outside of Canada and would of been fine. The immigration racket is very corrupt and dirty, it is an open secret by everyone in it that you must abuse the options- and that only a fool would do everything properly.... well my parents hired a fool.

 

This triggered a long series of delaying judgement while filing for whatever was viable, humanitarian compassion and aid, family reunification, anything that works is on the table. These forms costs thousands, sometimes in the tens of thousands to get done. As the parent is must be frustrating doing all of this... and then coming up with an answer to the kids when they ask what is up with our status, am I going to be able to get a job finally? I had a coop at a bank for school I couldn't proceed with cause it was going to "just a couple more weeks till our papers came in," little more than a year later I was being deported.

 

The judgement took many years. By the time we finally did all get status my brother was over the age to be included as a dependent for the family migration... he was maybe in middle school, at least still in high school when it began... a few months later I would be in the same boat and like him still without status today.

 

The judgement was that we were illegal immigrants or something, I'm not sure... I always thought of myself as a foreign national. The process went down like this... our immigration was rejected, at this point we were given a removal order. Two months into my last year of high school I had to go with my parents to the immigration office in Niagara Falls, they were waiting to receive, and process us. We were escorted over the bridge and handed off to the American border patrol. The removal order was placed on my two parents and me forcing us to leave the country by the date given, an additional exclusion order was put on my parents barring them from entry for 1 year. My brother was not included as he had been dropped from the family migration at this point, and was living in Michigan. my sister- the Canadian didn't have to go with us, there was no immigration hassle for her... I mean other than losing her family and having to move around from house to house to family friends like the kids from 'the series of unfortunate events'

 

 

 

 

 

Now ask me anything so we can make a thread outta this.

Doest this mean you favor amnesty for illegals?