Thread: GUATEMALAN WOMAN BEING DEPORTED SPENDS CHIRSTMAS AT AIRPORT

Guatemalanwoman being deported spends Christmas at airport

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan woman facing deportation spent Christmas night at the Salt Lake City airport before flying back to her native country with her four young children after months of failed efforts to stay in the U.S.

Maria Santiago Garcia took off early Tuesday after nearly two dozen friends and supporters saw her off. They carried signs that read "No person is illegal" and "Keep families and communities together."

Records from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement indicate Santiago Garcia entered the country illegally in 2004, The Salt Lake Tribune reported .

She was first ordered to leave in 2006 but was given a delay. She has tried to win a stay of deportation but was denied on Dec. 20, forcing her to leave the country.

Some supporters cried as Santiago Garcia make her way through the airport with her children — 11, 9, 5 and 3, who are American citizens.

Speaking through a translator, she said she was sad to leave and worried about the lack of opportunities in Guatemala and how her children would adapt to life there.

"They're afraid. They've seen the reports of gangs murdering other kids, and they're just afraid of that because they've seen it on TV," she said.

Santiago Garcia's 9-year-old daughter Sarai Reyes wondered out loud, "What if our new country where we're going is really mean and bad? What if people are not nice?"

Amy Dominguez, spokeswoman for the activist group Unidade Inmigrante, said Santiago Garcia had run out of options after months of activists protesting and speaking with immigration officials and attorneys.

Dominguez said federal immigration agents told Santiago Garcia ahead of time that they would not be at the airport to ensure she left but would make sure she checked in for the flight.

Santiago Garcia was convicted in 2015 of using someone else's Social Security number to work. A missed appointment with ICE officials might have flagged her for deportation, according to Dominguez.

Family friend and Unidad Inmigrante member Easton Smith said the terms of the voluntary departure bar Santiago Garcia from applying for a U.S. visa for a decade.

Still, Santiago Garcia said she wants to come back to America "with my head held high."

"And I want to come back legally,"she said, "So I don't have to go through this again."

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DEPORT HER FOR LIFE...NOT JUST 10 YEARS!

WHAT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR THE U.S. CITIZEN WHOSE IDENTITY YOU STOLE!

WHAT ABOUT THE "MEAN" PEOPLE FLOODING ACROSS OUR BORDERS AND MURDERING U.S. CITIZENS!

TAKE YOUR 4 ANCHOR RATS, THE WHOLE FAMILY WITH YOU...DO NOT SEPARATE YOURSELVES!

STILL SPEAKING THROUGH A TRANSLATOR!

I AM QUITE SURE THE PERSON, WHOSE IDENTITY YOU STOLE, DOES NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN!!!

YOU UNGRATEFUL, LYING, STEALING DEGENERATE!

AND THEN HOW MUCH DID YOUR FOUR ANCHOR RATS COST U.S. TAXPAYERS...YOU STOLE FROM THEM TOO!

BYE....GOOD RIDDANCE...pay us back for all the costs of those children..we Americans have to pay for birthing, healthcare, schooling - YOU HAVEN'T PAID A DIME......

After some 13 years in this country, she hasn't tried to learn English? She shouldn't have had any children here until she had established her right to stay. Even her oldest child was born after she had already been order deported. Was she just trying to establish an "anchor"?

2004?

18 years in the U.S. and can’t speak English?

Try going to Mexico and speaki see how far you go if you don’t speak Spanish.

Originally Posted by jtdc

After some 13 years in this country, she hasn't tried to learn English? She shouldn't have had any children here until she had established her right to stay. Even her oldest child was born after she had already been order deported. Was she just trying to establish an "anchor"?

We are all thinking the same thing.......16 years and can’t speak the language?

Four kids and not one word about Daddy...

Originally Posted by nomas

Four kids and not one word about Daddy...

Her children may all have different fathers.

Originally Posted by MW

Her children may all have different fathers.

Exactly what I was thinking. She went ahead and had FOUR kids knowing she could be deported at any moment, knowing she had a deportation order hanging over her head. That's the mindset of these women, the more kids I have (even if I can't support them) the less likely I am to be deported. I hope there's a lot of them paying attention, this isn't true anymore!

The more children, the larger you monthly check is complements of American taxpayers.