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Deported Four-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Returning Home to New York

Published March 29, 2011

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A four-year-old U.S. citizen who was deported to Guatemala will return to be reunited with her family in New York this week, according to the family attorney who traveled to pick her up.

The family says Emily Samantha RuÃ*z was deported after her grandfather was detained when their flight was diverted to Washington on March 11 following a visit to Guatemala. Emily is a U.S. citizen. Her parents are undocumented immigrants living in Brentwood, New York.

The family's lawyer, David Sperling said Emily's grandfather had a work visa but was detained when officials noticed he had entered illegally in the 1990s. Authorities told the family that Emily could be held at a juvenile center in Virginia or she could be returned to Guatemala with her grandfather. Fearing foster care, the parents picked the latter option.

Sperling, who traveled to Guatemala, said they will fly home Tuesday and have been assured she will have no problem entering the United States. Her parents risked being detained if they went themselves to get her in Guatemala.

"We have received information that there will be no problem, and we'll keep our fingers crossed that that will be the case," Sperling said. "We will arrive Tuesday in New York and we hope she will be reunited with her parents and that they will have a happy ending to this story."

Sperling said the girl had traveled to Guatemala five months ago to be treated for asthma.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency defended the decision to deport the little girl along with her grandfather. The agencies spokesman, Lloyd Easterling, had cited the agencies offer to have Emily reunited with her parents and their desire to have children reunited with their families

“In this case, Emily’s parents were offered the opportunity to pick her up, but they decided to have her return to Guatemala with her grandfather,â€

I want these parents deported! They'll send her to Guatemala for asthma treatment!

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By deporting a 4 year old US Citizen without her parents, all these agents are doing is creating political drama at Napolitano and Obama's request.

Why in the world deport the citizen and not the illegals? The illegal alien parents should be charged with child abuse combined with their immigration infractions for sending a 4 year old to Guatamala alone.

Any agents deporting children or citizens while ignoring illegal aliens should lose their jobs.

W

i completely agree .....

we KNOW here parents are here illegally , and yet we can't act ...

common sense is dead in this country .. and that will lead to our downfall

What really sucks is they(ICE) knows the parents are here illegally, and now knows we know the parents are here illegally! It's like okay do your ICE stuff and send them all back baby too! She should not be receiving our inadequate medical treatment! Probably couldn't get it for free! Dear, ICE people, please deport these illegal aliens because they are now out of the shadows and in the National Spotlight! Thanks!

The girl was NOT deported. It was her parent's decision to have her return to Guatamala with her grandfather. It is important to keep those facts straight!

Originally Posted by Oldglory

The girl was NOT deported. It was her parent's decision to have her return to Guatamala with her grandfather. It is important to keep those facts straight!

"You're right oldglory she wasn't deported, they(ICE) should have arrested Grandpa for felony re-entry and put her in custody until the parents came forward and deported the parents!"

Originally Posted by Oldglory

The girl was NOT deported. It was her parent's decision to have her return to Guatamala with her grandfather. It is important to keep those facts straight!

Thank you!

These "parents" chose to allow their 4 YEAR OLD CHILD to fly to another country with someone else because they were afraid for themselves.

They were called and ALLOWED their child to be returned with her relative instead of "risking" picking her up at the airport because they were afraid for themselves.

They are less than animals. They subjected their own little child to this experience out of fear of being caught due to their criminality because they were afraid for themselves.

I find the entire situation nauseating, actually.


And with all those plane tickets don't come crying to me about poverty either.

Orchid_noir: I find the entire situation nauseating, actually.
And with all those plane tickets don't come crying to me about poverty either.

Ditto to the nausea and I'm sure we are in good company here!

Indeed, it never fails to amaze me how so many illegals cry about poverty yet have the money to pay coyotes to get here, can work minimally (according to them), send hundreds of dollars back to their home countries, and then stuff like this - a plane ticket to Guatamala. I know.... they rook the system and therefore have disposable money that honest citizens do not, but still..!

I can't imagine ever having the kind of disposable money they seem to be able to come up with...