Thread: RI: Benefit raises $23,000 for aid of arrested immigrants

Benefit raises $23,000 for aid of arrested immigrants

01:00 AM EDT on Sunday, August 10, 2008
By Steve PeoplesJournal State House Bureau


Dolly Guerrero shows the tracking device that she wears around her ankle since the courthouse arrests.

The Providence Journal / Glenn Osmundson

PROVIDENCE –– Cindy Cabrera expects to lose her father.

The 17-year-old soon-to-be high school senior isn’t usually a pessimist. But in this case, she says it’s easier to expect the worst.

“Most likely, he’s going to be deported,â€

The fundraiser produced an estimated $23,000, according to St. Teresa’s organizer Juan Garcia, who planned yesterday’s event. [b]The money came primarily from large donations from local churches and the Guatemalan government, which contributed $15,000.

“It’s the obligation of Guatemala to support all Guatemalans regardless of where they are,â€

The Guatelaman government should have been "helping" these people in GUATEMALA so that they wouldn't end here illegally and NO LONGER welcome nor tolerated by Americans who have grown weary of the demands and audacity of the sense of entitltement and lawlessness exhibited by the masses of illegal aliens in our country. Funny that Guatemalan officials only admit to having a responsibility for the well-being of their citizens when the citizens are in our nation illegally ...but don't do anything to keep them employed, and educated back in Guatemala. Hey, while they're at it...they should repay the hospital bills for all the expenses for the free care of illegal aliens from Guatemala ....you know the millions of dollars that illegal aliens stiff our hospitals for?