Meet A Mother In D.C. Who Risked Having Her Kids Smuggled To Her From Honduras
From the moment she fled poverty-stricken Honduras a decade ago, Allis Godoy knew she would find a way to be reunited with the children she left behind. She was desperate enough to have them smuggled across Mexico to the U.S. border, spending thousands of dollars and risking their lives so they could join her in Northwest Washington.
Four years ago, her teenage son David made the hazardous trip. Two and a half months ago, her youngest daughter, Madison, finally reached her side. By then, the pixie-like 10-year-old had endured two failed smuggling attempts and a third that landed her in the custody of U.S. immigration agents in Texas on April 14. Two weeks later, she was flown to Washington by the federal government and greeted by the mother who had last seen her when she was 6 months old.
Wow. Breaking the law isn't a crime? She has cost our broke government thousands of dollars, and if she's here illegally and working, she's taking a job from somebody else.
What I find interesting is that there is all this talk about Central Mexico being filled with gangs, murder, drugs, rape ... AND, our children here aren't facing the same thing?
I find myself so torn on this issue. My own great grandparents emigrated from Ireland following the disasterous wrath of the potato famine. I want America to be open to immigration, The New Colossus greeting our entrants in the harbor of New York with her plaque reading... "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,"
But my grandparents did their emigration and their immigration into America legally. And yes, it took time and effort, but I think that is what made them value this country.
Somehow, we need to unite... To stop to looking a blind eye at those here illegally. To stop giving them access to free health care and public education, to stop making it so easy to slip across the border and blend in. We are sympathetic and empathetic to the flight of these people... However, It is not American to devalue the system that is in place, and that's what our own President has done by opening these flood gates. Thomas Jefferson wrote that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness wee paramount to American Citizens. American Citizens, yes, illegal immigrants sneaking across our borders in any means necessary, no. And yet, the multitude of illegal immigrants are infringing on the rights our founding fathers gave us. Schools are overcrowded, menial labor and many other jobs are taken from us, and now with Obamacare, we are paying the price to provide medical assistance for those that chose not to come to us legally, but rather snuck in through any means necessary. I'm tired of it all, and tired of what is being taken from my childen and my children's childen. And if I speak up, I look as though I don't care about those trying to break free from government and systems that don't work. I do, really, I do. But we can't keep sacrificing for everyone, and the current law is the law. I just with someone would actually enforce it.
If you are an educated European/Asian/Hispanic/Latino it's nearly impossible to get into the US anymore even getting nearly interrogated on a visitor tourist visa. But if you are an illiterate, semi illiterate person suitable for unskilled labor they will let you in. This is because of the democrat administration. They know they can control the illiterate unskilled more than the educated.
6:36 Bless your heart. Many of us feel as you. And, there is a big difference between today's immigration issues than the time your family and mine immigrated. When my great grandfather immigrated from Ireland, he brought the few possessions he had, mostly clothes, and went through the proper procedures. But he came looking for work, to earn a dollar, not to be supported by Government welfare on the backs of the taxpayers. But the liberal Democrats have shot that all to Hell. Now they come for a free ride with food stamps, housing, medical, schooling etc.
Put simply, our country is our home. When you invite someone into your home they come, stay and go according to the rules of your house.
If you suffer a home invasion, good manners and social graces no longer hold sway. You have the right to defend yourself and your family and to eject the invaders.
That is the situation we face on a country-wide level.
We have had the welcome mat out on an almost continuous basis since the founding of the republic. But we, including government at all levels, need to seal the borders; return the invaders to their point of origin and let them know where our embassy is 'back home' so they can make a legal application.
Under those circumstances they will be welcome to come and stay.
You people would make much more sense if your theories actually reflected facts. As of 2010, there was an estimated 11.2 illegals in the u.s. Same study estimated that 8 million illegals were in the workforce. Doesn't really mesh with the whole "they come here for handouts" narrative
5:24, just because someone is working doesn't mean they aren't receiving some type of "handout." You are assuming. Nearly 90% of those who aren't illegals that are receiving a "handout" do work. They are referred to as the working poor.
First are the hidden "handouts" like using our schools and other services such as Medicaid which kicks in for illegals taken to the ER until it is determined they are stabilized. Then we have the organizations-many of them in the immediate vicinity-which cater to the Hispanic/Latino community who do give away food, clothing, gas cards, gift cards, etc to whomever is in need and can't legally question a person's immigration status. Many of these organizations wouldn't exist if not for government grants. Your theory "would make much more sense if" you would actually get out and volunteer at one of these organizations so you could have first hand knowledge of how it really works.
Actually they do come here for the "handouts" 5:24. This especially true of the Mexicans. There is work in Mexico. The unemployment rate is under 4% and many industries employing the unskilled worker (factories) in Mexico have trouble finding employees. Mexico doesn't have a non profit (and as stated above receiving government grants)on every corner supplementing their food costs with boxes of nonperishables and other living expenses.
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breaking the law is a good thing now?
ReplyDeleteSend them all home the law was broken end of discussion>
ReplyDeleteWow. Breaking the law isn't a crime? She has cost our broke government thousands of dollars, and if she's here illegally and working, she's taking a job from somebody else.
ReplyDeleteHow can a woman leave her children behind? I'll bet they are not even her children.
ReplyDeleteI hate being negative but it's too late.The momentum is unreal.In the last 6 years we've lost too much to ever get it all back.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing to this "issue" that is unique. There are people living and dying everyday in this country in horrible conditions.
ReplyDeleteWhat about them? Have we just given up on our own citizens?
What I find interesting is that there is all this talk about Central Mexico being filled with gangs, murder, drugs, rape ... AND, our children here aren't facing the same thing?
ReplyDeleteGREAT GREAT News they are now back together as a family and now can be sent back home as a family..
ReplyDeleteI find myself so torn on this issue. My own great grandparents emigrated from Ireland following the disasterous wrath of the potato famine. I want America to be open to immigration, The New Colossus greeting our entrants in the harbor of New York with her plaque reading...
ReplyDelete"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,"
But my grandparents did their emigration and their immigration into America legally. And yes, it took time and effort, but I think that is what made them value this country.
Somehow, we need to unite... To stop to looking a blind eye at those here illegally. To stop giving them access to free health care and public education, to stop making it so easy to slip across the border and blend in. We are sympathetic and empathetic to the flight of these people... However, It is not American to devalue the system that is in place, and that's what our own President has done by opening these flood gates. Thomas Jefferson wrote that life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness wee paramount to American Citizens. American Citizens, yes, illegal immigrants sneaking across our borders in any means necessary, no. And yet, the multitude of illegal immigrants are infringing on the rights our founding fathers gave us. Schools are overcrowded, menial labor and many other jobs are taken from us, and now with Obamacare, we are paying the price to provide medical assistance for those that chose not to come to us legally, but rather snuck in through any means necessary. I'm tired of it all, and tired of what is being taken from my childen and my children's childen. And if I speak up, I look as though I don't care about those trying to break free from government and systems that don't work. I do, really, I do. But we can't keep sacrificing for everyone, and the current law is the law. I just with someone would actually enforce it.
A Tired but True American
If you are an educated European/Asian/Hispanic/Latino it's nearly impossible to get into the US anymore even getting nearly interrogated on a visitor tourist visa. But if you are an illiterate, semi illiterate person suitable for unskilled labor they will let you in. This is because of the democrat administration. They know they can control the illiterate unskilled more than the educated.
ReplyDelete6:36 Bless your heart. Many of us feel as you. And, there is a big difference between today's immigration issues than the time your family and mine immigrated. When my great grandfather immigrated from Ireland, he brought the few possessions he had, mostly clothes, and went through the proper procedures. But he came looking for work, to earn a dollar, not to be supported by Government welfare on the backs of the taxpayers. But the liberal Democrats have shot that all to Hell. Now they come for a free ride with food stamps, housing, medical, schooling etc.
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ReplyDeletePut simply, our country is our home. When you invite someone into your home they come, stay and go according to the rules of your house.
If you suffer a home invasion, good manners and social graces no longer hold sway. You have the right to defend yourself and your family and to eject the invaders.
That is the situation we face on a country-wide level.
We have had the welcome mat out on an almost continuous basis since the founding of the republic. But we, including government at all levels, need to seal the borders; return the invaders to their point of origin and let them know where our embassy is 'back home' so they can make a legal application.
Under those circumstances they will be welcome to come and stay.
You people would make much more sense if your theories actually reflected facts. As of 2010, there was an estimated 11.2 illegals in the u.s. Same study estimated that 8 million illegals were in the workforce. Doesn't really mesh with the whole "they come here for handouts" narrative
ReplyDelete5:24, just because someone is working doesn't mean they aren't receiving some type of "handout." You are assuming. Nearly 90% of those who aren't illegals that are receiving a "handout" do work. They are referred to as the working poor.
ReplyDeleteFirst are the hidden "handouts" like using our schools and other services such as Medicaid which kicks in for illegals taken to the ER until it is determined they are stabilized.
Then we have the organizations-many of them in the immediate vicinity-which cater to the Hispanic/Latino community who do give away food, clothing, gas cards, gift cards, etc to whomever is in need and can't legally question a person's immigration status. Many of these organizations wouldn't exist if not for government grants.
Your theory "would make much more sense if" you would actually get out and volunteer at one of these organizations so you could have first hand knowledge of how it really works.
Actually they do come here for the "handouts" 5:24. This especially true of the Mexicans. There is work in Mexico. The unemployment rate is under 4% and many industries employing the unskilled worker (factories) in Mexico have trouble finding employees.
ReplyDeleteMexico doesn't have a non profit (and as stated above receiving government grants)on every corner supplementing their food costs with boxes of nonperishables and other living expenses.