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When Rigoberto Padilla arrived to the United States at the age of six from Mexico, he was a stranger to Chicago. Now, 15 years later and dubbed an "illegal alien," he is undergoing deportation proceedings - and Chicago has rallied around him.
21-year-old being deported after being here for 15 years
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Familia appears more compelling than respect for rule of law for many immigrants insisting that undocumented children be allowed to remain living in the United States. That's why the immigration debate has opposing camps often talking past one another.
(This contributor's brother-in-law works for the Department of Homeland Security-Customs & Border Protection operating a radar station to detect illicit drug shipments across the Californian-Mexico border. www.customs.gov.)
This story has been in the news for awhile, but has been kept alive thanks to alternate media and many bloggers.
On the Cultural Chica blog, there are some posts by "El Guapo" that share his immigrant parent's homeland. These start from October 22nd. When you see the hardship and the lack of electricity and poverty, it is no wonder that people want to leave for El Norte, to have a better life.
As for Rigoberto, he had the lousy misfortune to be born 6 years too early. Had he been born on US soil, the deportation issue would have been different. These are not decisions that a 6 year old would have been able to make.
The other part of these types of stories is that often these kids speak little or no Spanish, or their Spanish is poor compared to a native speaker, so when they try to enroll in school in Mexico, they often lose at least a year trying to get a jist for the language. Ancestry does not presuppose facility with a language or culture.
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