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Friday, March 30, 2012

Immigration vs Illegal Immigration

As a person which stands in line, been standing in line for 5 years now waiting for information when my family will be able to stay here in the US. I feel heartfelt for my two oldest kids. Hearing them ask:
"Why am I not an american?" weekly.

And the only comfort I can give them is that we probably will have a green card in another 3-4 years. Not counting the 5 years post the green card is approved. It saddens me to see them, living, playing and speaking like everyone of their friends but not being anything like their friends.

A while ago I asked my son, how his day in school was his question was right back at me:
"Should I do the pledge of allegiance? It feels like I should, but also it is like saying 'thank you' for something I do not get". Quite a statement from an eight year old.

That's when I started to search for any light at the end of the tunnel. I started searching on a number of websites, the only information I find about progress and reform is reform for illegal immigration, but for us that are here working doing everything by the books. For us, at least the ones who are here on EB-3, seem to be with our wait is endless, sometimes the date moves forward by almost a month, sometimes by only a couple of days. Although it is a very sensitive position being here in the US on a visa. That I am in, being tied to a specific employer, where loosing my job would mean that I'd need all collected resources to do a complete relocation within a couple of weeks loosing house, cars, friends, everything. Or I guess not everything just everything that have a monetary value.

But for my two oldest not being born here, but grown up here they would loose a great part of themselves. They are, in their hearts even more americans then their two younger american siblings.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Stuff that the iPad 3 dictation renders

My son spoke about Abraham Lincoln's father bringing home a new wife:
But it wasn't quite understandable...

A father brought a brother and mom but it was a new mom they had now they have three children gain for children

Or:

Yeah radiator apes father brought a new monitor for a she had three new children with her

Or:

One year later aids father broke a new wife she had three new children