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[eohartman]

I'm the moderator a community entitled loversfaraway, which is a long distance relationship communtiy where you can go to get advice, support, or just rant about how much LDR's suck (because, yes, they do suck).

A new member, Dayna, joined yesterday and told her story. She lives in Mexico, and her husband (yes, they're married) lives here in the states. After visiting each other for months at a time and eventually getting married, she was on her way into the states with her visiting visa when she got thrown in jail here in the Atlanta airport, her visa taken away, and she was sent back to Mexico. Her husband is currently living in the states with his six year old daughter from a previous relationship, and Dayna lives in Mexico with her parents. It's only logical that she moves here.

However, she can't. And now that her Visa is taken away, she can't even visit the states. Even after going to the U.S. embassy in Mexico and showing them pictures of the two of them together and their marriage license, she's still not allowed to come back here until her other license is processed, which could take over a year.

Why am I writing all this? For several reasons. It made me realize that even though Dustin is having a hard time finding a job here in Atlanta, he at least has the freedom to move whenever a job becomes available.

Also, it's a plea for y'all to go sign this online petition that Dayna and her husband signed and support, directed towards Congress reguarding the length of time it takes to retrieve a Visa. While it's an online petition and may not have any bearing on Congress and they may not even care, it'd mean a lot if y'all would take a few minutes to read the petition, sign your names and support her.

Comments

[scottique.livejournal.com]

That happened to a friend of mine from church... her fiance (they weren't married yet) is from Mexico, and at an airport here in America (I forget if he was just arriving or just about to leave to fly back to Mexico), they detained him in jail for three days for no reason. He had to go through customs, and because he doesn't speak very good English, perhaps he answered a question wrong or something. At any rate, he hadn't done anything wrong, but they detained him and kept him locked in a jail cell (where he was treated like a common criminal, with no air conditioning and typical prison food, again despite the fact that he had done nothing wrong and actually comes from a rather affluent Mexican family; if he'd been American, he would have never been detained, and I know it's classist but it's also reality). Then they shipped him back to Mexico.

This was more than half a year ago. He still hasn't been able to get back into the states.

*sigh* Customs keeps out all the wrong people...

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Luckily, Dayna was only in the jail for five hours or so. Unfortunately, she was shipped back to Mexico with no visa (the customs here in Atl. kept it), and now she hasn't been able to come back. She wasn't doing anything wrong, either. It sucks. I wish customs would concentrate on the "bad" people more than the people who are just trying to live a decent life!

I hope she doesn't have to wait a year and a half to get back over here...

[fledchen.livejournal.com]

That's really sad. Online petitions are pretty much worthless, but I will write my Congressional representatives.

(It's even worse when your partner is of the same sex. There's *no* protection for those couples)

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know, it's so horrible that same-sex couples have virtually no power. In fact, there's a Methodist lesbian minister who might get the boot because she's openly declared herself homosexual. The Methodist religion believes homosexual rights should be supported, except when an ordained minister is involved. You can read the full story here. I'm Methodist, so I'm fairly interested in the case. *sigh*

[ericsmind.livejournal.com]

liz...

consider it done done and done!

[lizzie.livejournal.com]

Thanks hon!

[ericsmind.livejournal.com]

told ya we can rhyme, we do it all the time. (you rhymed with mine)