Suspected Illegal Immigrants Wait in Limbo
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Suspected Illegal Immigrants Wait in Limbo
Oct 8, 2007 10:41 PM PDT
Neda Iranpour
Channel 2 News
Many suspected illegal immigrants who were detained by Immigrations & Customs Enforcement police say they will have to
wait months before an immigration judge tells them their fate.
In the meantime,
they are not allowed to work, so their families are
struggling. Marta and Jorge Sandoval were among 54 suspected illegal workers who were arrested during the McDonald's raids.
Jorge says, "My kids are scared because they saw the news and the papers and they say, 'pop don't go outside because they're going to take you again.'"
About
25 of the suspected illegal workers were sent back to Mexico, but deportation is a destiny the Sandoval's dread. Jorge says, "My sons, they were born here.
I don't want to take my sons to Mexico because Mexico is very hard to live life there."
Several suspected illegal immigrants met with immigration officials who told them to
check in the first week of every month. But come this November, they still may not know their fate.
Jorge says, "I don't know how long. It maybe
months, weeks, I don't know."
They turn to Reno's
Hispanic Services for
guidance and donations.
Rosa Molina is helping 25 people just like the Sandovals. Molina says, "I am an immigrant from El Salvador. I know how they feel when you have
no place to go, no money, or anybody to help you."
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Illegal aliens have put a lot of American citizens in this same position by taking jobs by cheap labor.