A look at the very human, very painful consequences of the hodgepodge of rules -- created by Congress over the years, in increasingly xenophobic political climates -- that make up U.S. immigration law.
But Yedid's parents in Cuernavaca, Mexico, were struggling to keep a taqueria stand going despite her diabetic father's sore-ridden feet and her mother's failing legs. ... Yedid wired money from cleaning and baby-sitting jobs to help them buy medicines, but longed to be able to travel to see them. And so, four years after meeting at the Home Depot where he worked, three years after marrying, a year after their son Teddy was born, they decided to petition for her visa.
Yedid was not only denied, but slapped with a 10-year ban on applying after admitting she'd stayed in the United States more than a year after crossing illegally — in her case twice. “Now she's considered a felon because she crossed the border twice,” Tom said. “She's put next to human smugglers and drug traffickers and all that good stuff. ... We thought the government was, you know, sympathetic toward families.”"
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