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Deportation: The end to a dream! By, Edward Juarez Immigrant's Voice (TV program)  Column: March 16, 2009 Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

What happens when an immigrant receives a letter from Immigration Services wanting to take their fingerprints, picture, and review their case.  The answer to this has two extremes varying from, being good news in being able to start to enjoy the benefits awarded with permanent residency or on the other hand it can be the start of a very long and tedious process at the cost of deportation, with a possible arrest and eventual expulsion or having to leave the United States.

This new Immigration Services strategy is causing a state of panic within the immigrant community, who are trying to attain legal status.  Thousands of naive immigrants attend these interviews thinking it will help them obtain residency or temporary legal status and on the contrary they are hit with the unjust reality of becoming prisoners of the same country they love or thrown out of that same nation, where they have spent the most important years of their lives.

Some decide to face the cruel immigration system and attend their interview, not knowing of the tragic consequences.  They are subject to arrest, put in the deportation procedure or are forced to leave the country.

Many immigrants decide to become fugitives of the law.  They take into consideration the current and  serious world economic situation and what awaits in their country of origin if they return, making many abandon their homes, change their much treasured jobs, and stop going to the local cultural places, in fear of being detained.

Others decide to flee the country!  They do not want to become fugitives of the law and rather opt to abandon their North American dream.

Unfortunately, many of these immigrants make a quick decision making themselves into their own victims by not obtaining or following legal recommendations given by an expert in immigration.

To avoid deportation, it is extremely important that the immigrant’s case be carefully and critically analyzed, taking into consideration all of the requirements and documents needed to present to the United States government before initiating their procedure.
 
The attorneys of the Legal Division of the International Immigrants Foundation, represents its members free of charge in case of arrest by immigration.

In my next free conference, I will thoroughly explain how immigrants should prepare themselves to avoid deportation and the options they have to attain legal status.