NPR: Kerry Asks Government Not to Deport Missing GI's Wife

Kerry Asks Government Not to Deport Missing GI's Wife

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry has sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security asking that immigration officials "cease and desist" with all efforts to deport the wife of Army Spec. Alex Jimenez, who has been missing in Iraq since his unit was attacked on May 12.

CBS/AP reports that authorities were alerted to Yaderlin Hiraldo's presence when Jimenez applied for a green card and legal residence status for her after their marriage in 2004 at his Army base in New York. The Boston Herald reports that the DHS delayed her case after her husband went to Iraq in 2006. So far, the government hasn't granted the hardship waiver her lawyer has requested.

5:36 PM ET | 06-20-2007 | permalink

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is this not a act of uncaring and a shameful act for the country? when will show that we care for the ones who serve us and also for their dependants?

Sent by J.Oliver chsitsian | 5:53 AM ET | 06-21-2007

I wanted to be shocked by this article. I am not. It is no surprise. The only surprise is that the young woman has not been physically deported or jailed. What a country!

Sent by Kathleen Conner | 8:50 AM ET | 06-21-2007

Man! The bureaucracy! The chill!

If governement wasn't so blind and deaf, I might trust in it to do something humane. It makes you wonder if the Constitution ever meant anything to anyone.

'Tis a shame that war and immigration and taxes mix to make us all a little less human.

Thanks for pointing this out as it will likely help Mrs. Alex Jimenez.

Sent by George Kloss | 10:25 AM ET | 06-21-2007

This is the thanks a family gets for sending a loved one off to support our country! This is typical and outrageous.

Sent by tnp | 11:01 AM ET | 06-21-2007

We live in a country where some people in the name of law see everything in black and white regardlessof who gets hurts or what sacrifice they make for this country.

Sent by gilbert | 3:54 PM ET | 06-30-2007

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