Kos recently published a diary asking the DKos Community to help his friend's fiancé stay in the US.
Please read; Do me a favor, help my friend. by kos
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I had a childhood friend; Maria, contact me recently. We grew up together in the Chicago suburbs, our parents being close friends.
Other than a brief run-in while at college, we went our different directions and lost touch. That is, until she unexpectedly reached out a short while ago.
She had good reason to find me: her fiancé, Brigido, is being detained by Immigration authorities and is currently in deportation proceedings. Update Brigido has been deported. But sign the petition below anyway it might help to bring him back.
He also happens to be the only father Maria's teenage daughter has ever had, and the biological father of their young boy.
Brigido has never had any run-ins with the law, other than crossing the border without proper documentation.
Please Sign This Petition, It Only Takes About 2 Minutes.
Help Keep Brigido's Family Together!
Petition Statement
Please grant deferred action to Brigido (A# 079551621).
Brigido is a loving partner and father to two US citizen children. Please exercise discretion and stop Brigido's deportation. This family deserves to stay together.
Petition Background
Maria's fiancé Brigido has been a devoted father to their three-year-old son, and has been the only dad her 13-year-old daughter has ever known.
But now immigration officials are planning to deport Brigido and tear their family apart. Despite the fact that he'd likely qualify for a pathway to citizenship currently stalled by Republican leadership in the House of Representatives.
Brigido's entire case hinges on an incident from over ten years ago when his valid tourist visa was; for reasons still unknown to him, stamped with an alleged expedited removal order at the airport.
Threatened with six months detention if he didn't return to Mexico right away, Brigido did as they said.
Now ICE officials are detaining him based on that decade-old alleged expedited removal order.
In the years that Brigido has been in the US, he has devoted himself to being a loving dad, and runs an insurance business together with Maria.
If he's deported, the effects would be devastating for Maria and their two children, both US citizens.
Note To Congress-America Wants Immigration Reform Now!
Contact Elected Officials/Government
I sent this diary to Pres Obama. (*I contact Pres often, real easy just follow link.) I sent it to Vice Pres Biden too.
I'm asking them to,
Please let Brigido (A# 079551621) stay in America. He has a family here who are all US citizens. And he plans to be married as soon as the paper work/red tape can be completed. Bridido, has already proven he's a good citizen.
Deporting him would mean an extreme hardship on his fiance' and children.
Please help Brigido Pres. You did say; "WE" were going to bring about change, and "WE" are!
ICE, fitting name for this organization.
Justice,
ga