Real Immigrant Stories

The people below are not alone.  Our broken immigration system affect tens of millions of lives every year.  Too often, their stories go untold, please read what they have to say.  Do you have an immigration story that you would like to tell?  Click here to share your story.

Anonymous - Nevada

My husband was deported 5 years ago.  We hired a lawyer.  When we went to court the lawyer decided it was easier to have voluntary deportation with out consulting it with us.  A month before his date to leave the U.S. we went to another lawyer and she took around $3000 from us and didn’t do anything.  I was 9 months pregnant at that time and the immigration officer didn’t think it was important to stop the deportation.  My daughter was born 2 weeks later, of course my husband wasn’t with me.  I have been working non stop to support my 2 kids.  It’s very hard to me a single mother and to have my husband far away.  We go to Tijuana to visit him and after a couple of days with him we each go our own ways.  Its sad to believe that one person has the power and authority to separate a family.  My kids don’t have a dad and I don’t have my husband to share the good moments with our kids.