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The Escobars tried to do everything right, despite a colossal mistake by Jose’s mother that lost him his legal status. Their immigration battle spanned 3 US presidents, and almost tore them apart. Now, they’re settling back in to each other. @MarieDennise
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
@MarieDennise for more coverage on the family's journey, with photos from Juan Carlos in El Salvador: houstonchronicle.com/newamerica/sto…
Sorry, here: @photojuancarlos houstonchronicle.com/newamerica/sto…
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My family (me, a journalist; my sister, a surgeon; my father, an engineer; and my mother, a lawyer,) came here on the green card lottery and have had many friends and relatives apply (most rejected as 50K global cap); this is decidedly not how that system works.
It's a random computerized lottery, so no country can send most egregious offenders; 2, there are financial/edu barriers; 3: only opportunity for many, esp from Africa and Asia, to come to America legally and get in the so-called line @SarahPierceEsq
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@SarahPierceEsq 2011 report from Congressional Research Service showed higher % of immigrants who entered through lottery had managerial & professional occupations than green card holders overall, ~25% compared to ~10 %. They had a lower unemployment rate, 3 % , relative to 8 % of all greencards
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lomikriel
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Reminder on 2 points: yes, most convicted of 1325 get time served in judicial process costing taxpayers what a US District Judge called 'mind-boggling, neither meritorious nor reasonable' & clog up as much as 80 % of TX border courts before landing in ICE
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
The government can only prosecute a small % of illegal border-crossers anyway, it simply doesn't have the capacity. But families weren't only separated under zero tolerance because of 1325: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
And though some families are still being separated now because of 1325, the vast majority are being separated because of broad gang and criminal allegations and often without little shared proof: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
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lomikriel
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With #DemocraticDebates (esp. @JulianCastro) spotlight on abolishing criminal charges for illegal entry, my story from 2017 on the history of the law and how its use exploded under Bush (also story how I uncovered #familyseparations )
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron
Here is the story that resulted from that one, uncovering the El Paso family separation pilot in 2017, six months before it was announced. Also note difference in @CBP response to separating families between story 1 and 2
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… via @houstonchron
And for folks who STILL say it happened under Obama and Bush too, nope. Only in rare circumstances, not as broad policy.
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