Comments on: Immigrant Widows Left In Limbo

Once On A Path To Permanent Residency, Some Widows Of Americans Face Deportation

[schoenberg12]

By the way you dumb, xenophobic gringos...we''ll "go back" to Mexico as soon as the border is correctly re-defined as it was in 1846. Texas, Alta California, NEvada, Arizona, New Mixico, Colorado. Can''t control your drug consumption or your addiction to buying and selling drugs? You are now paying the price. Ruining both countries.

[schoenberg12]

America is the greatest country in the world. Plenty of guns, random violence, sadism, morally bereft Christians, political demagogues, and a populace fatter n'' happier than at any time in History. If you don''t like it here go back where you came from!

[kerthialfad]

I agree the illegal Mexicans should be sent home. But what I really wanted to mention are the immigration implications presented by gay marriage. If a gay person is able to sponsor his/her foreign spouse, the marriage fraud problem, already at a high level, would grow even worse. Better that immigration issues are resolved outside of marriage. IOW, both person should have legal status in the US before even tying the knot. IOW, eliminate the right of a spouse to sponsor a spouse for immigration.

[micheledov]

As I read it, the foreign widow / widower may be denied US Social Security Survivor benefits if they are deemed not to have a lawful status in the US.

As a US citizen, widows / widowers could receive US Social Security Survivor%u2019s benefits, immediately if the couple has children, or when the survivor turns 60. Details at:

http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/links_survivor.htm

I%u2019d guess that most the deceased spouses, who paid into Social Security all their working lives, would have wanted their families to receive Social Security Survivor benefits.

I know I%u2019d want my family to receive Social Security Survivor benefits after all the years I%u2019ve paid into the system.

Who knows what other benefits can be denied? Insurance companies can avoid paying off? Benefits normally offered a veteran%u2019s spouse can be denied?

[sassalin]

lastdance134,

Being so jealous must really suck!! Wish you could be a federal employee?

Before you bash federal employees you might want to consider that military members are federal employees.

I am in the military and take offense to your stupid, jealous claims.

I work my but off and sacrifice alot for that RETIREMENT package.

All the soldiers in Iraq work and sacrifice their lives for that RETIREMENT package and pay scale.

Do you put your life in danger each day? Until people are shooting at you and your computer SHUT-UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[micheledov]

As I read it, the foreign widow / widower may be denied US Social Security Survivor benefits if they are deemed not to have a lawful status in the US.

As a US citizen, widows / widowers could receive US Social Security Survivor%u2019s benefits, immediately if the couple has children, or when the survivor turns 60. Details at:

http://www.ssa.gov/pgm/links_survivor.htm

I%u2019d guess that most the deceased spouses, who paid into Social Security all their working lives, would have wanted their families to receive Social Security Survivor benefits.

I know I%u2019d want my family to receive Social Security Survivor benefits after all the years I%u2019ve paid into the system.

Who knows what other benefits can be denied? Insurance companies can avoid paying off? Benefits normally offered a veteran%u2019s spouse can be denied?

[aggiekat2004]

Wow, this is ridiculous...

I have a friend who''s been legally married to a girl from Ireland for over two years, and they can''t get her into the country!

They went to the State Department, jumped through all of the appropriate hoops, and on THE DAY that they were getting on the plane for her to come to the US, she was stopped at the airport and not allowed to board. Her husband was starting a new job in the US that Monday, and had to leave her behind.

She is employed in the high-tech industry in Ireland, so it''s not like she''s going to sponge off of us. She will be a productive member of our society.

And like someone else said...we let every Mexican who wants to live in our country cross the border. And Parkland Hospital in Dallas (JFK was taken there) has a 70% birth rate to illegal aliens. Why don''t we just kick them out of the country? It is NOT fair that someone who simply spits out a kid here can stay!

This article last night on CBS sickened me. I can''t believe they would make a mother leave but allow her US citizen child to stay...especially when they legally married a US citizen.

[micheledov]

What can we do? Write our government representatives and tell them to stop this immediately. You can write your US congressional representative at:

https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

You may wish also to contact your Senators at:

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

This is clearly a waste of resources, amoral, unjust and a travesty. We should all object.

[frostee141]

Hello world! We are concerned about a few men and women that entered the US LEGALLY; yet cannot and will not do anything about the THOUSANDS of illegal aliens in Arkansas that WILL NOT speak english; will not work a real job; WILL draw food stamps, disability and social security checks. Hello, it is time to get rid of those that are only here for the free ride and keep the ones that are improving or contributing to the world. All ladies mentioned held a legitimate job or were attending school. Doesn''t sound like they are wanting a free ride; plus they spoke fairly fluent english. Let''s focus on the true problem we have with immigration today. Of course, what is the chance of that actually happening when the president-elect has family that is here illegally; I hope those who voted for him can deal with the situation we are likely to be facing.

[runningralph]

psk123, I don''t hear anyone yapping on and on about how wonderful America is or about being the greatest country. All I hear is yapping on and on about how bad America is, how unfair America is, how evil America is. They go on and on about how America mistreats blacks, illegal immigrants, native Americans, caused global warming, destroyed other countries'' economies, unfairly imprisoned so many people that the prisons are overflowing on and on. Who did you hear saying America is the greatest?

[ksann-2009]

I am appalled to learn that the U.S. Bureau of Citzenship and Immigration are deporting the widows of U.S. Citzens! This is not what our country is about! We allow illegal Mexicans to come into this country and do so very little about that situation, it seems to me that the Bureau has found an easy target to pick on. I can not believe they are so cruel as to want to send a mother back to her native country and leave her son behind or deny her son his grandparents. Where is the logic in this. I will be contacting my State Representative and my Senators regarding this matter and I pray other Americans will do the same. Thank you Bob Simon for an eye opening in depth report. 60 Minutes is the Best!

Sincerely,
Ann Kugler

[psk123-2009]

runningralph, it has nothing to do with economics, socialized medicine (which is way better than that HMO *** we have in the states--YOU decide your health care, insurance companies/government do NOT. Nor does it have anything to do with ethanol. It is about home is where your heart is, where you have made your life, where your loved ones are.

I think they should all be able to stay. Aren''t Americans always yapping on and on about how wonderful America is? Aren''t Americans always yapping on and on about how America is the greatest country in the whole wide world? Why shouldn''t anyone else feel the same way about our country?

[runningralph]

What''s wrong with Brazil? That''s where she came from. Recent reports said that Brazil was having an economic boom. And a wonderful socialized medical system. Why doesn''t she want to go back? I have been to many foreign countries and some were very nice. But I always knew I would go back to my home and family. Could it be that socialized medicine and ethanol fuel are not so great after all?

[psk123-2009]

First of all, if you are NOT a U.S. citizen you have NO rights. None, zero, nada, zip.

I had similar problems with INS with my husband and I am quite OBVIOUSLY not dead. My husband is highly educated, speaks English fluently without an accent, (He''s Canadian)and has similar if not identical cultural, social, religious and moral values as the average natural born American.

When we married I was unaware that I had to INFORM the federal government that I married an ALIEN. They revoked his work/resident visa and threatened deportation if he did not leave voluntarily. I was threatened with all sorts of charges if I spoke up in court, filed the proper papers to prevent his being ushered out of the country, or otherwise tried to prove our marriage was real.

These INS people are jerks from the word go. The results of their unmovable idiocy cost me thousands in court fees, my home and ultimately my country. I ended up moving to Canada and here I will stay.

All this was before 9/11, so that can not be used as an excuse.

[themroaches]

The point is....these people DID NOT ENTER THE U.S. ILLEGALLY; and regardless of the circumstances that occured within their married life, they should not ever be treated as if they did!

[bunnyfish-2009]

I was very interested in this story, as a former consular officer for the State Department. I am curious why Mr. Simon did not discuss in his report the specific visa under which the widows could acquire permanent residency (yes, there is such a "widow''s visa" -- though rare, I did see a couple such cases while with the State Department) and I would have loved to have seen that specific issue raised with Mr. Chertoff and other responsible officials. Since these widows entered the U.S. legally, to my knowledge there should be no bar to them remaining in the U.S.

[kaffirboetie]

Hey PCreversed, if anyone''s lazy it''s YOU! you''ve spent over an hour loafing around on this site posting your obnoxious comments. If you were any kind of a man you would be out in the fresh air getting some healthy exercise. I suggest you follow the good example of the ***** you are so derogatory about and knuckle down to some hard physical labour on the roads and in the fields

[las96]

I can''t believe that I saw this and they are going to deport these women. 1. They came legally; 2. They have children who are American Citizens, and at least the father was a citizen. I guess if they would have crossed the border illegally, they could stay. Maybe if they changed their last name to Perez, they wouldn''t have been bothered or threatened with deportation. What a load of ***.

[harbinger09]

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and South Korea - Israel was not among the seven
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Posted by lastdance134 at 09:05 AM : Nov 24, 2008


I can understand not exempting Israel or any other ME country. Too many potential terrorists could fake those country''s passports and get in--better scrutiny than disaster. On the other hand, we have to note that the rescission of visas were only for those from predominantly Caucasian countries. Attempts to delay the browning of America?

[louiville2]

Hey did you see that Carter was banned from returning to the scene of the crime Zimbabwe where he helped leave a Neo-Marxist thug into power. Helped turn a once prosperous country into starving millions.

I suppose now he will have one of his fire side chat%u2019s to tell them socialism is great.


Let''s drive wages even lower OK.