Illegal Family Could Get Deported GASP

J.J. Jackson* | September 18, 2007

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) - An illegal immigrant allowed to stay in the U.S., apparently because of a routine delay in paperwork, while her four children face deportation could now be forced to go back to Mexico, a government lawyer told an immigration court Wednesday.The case against 32-year-old Rocio Godinez’s children was postponed at a status hearing so immigration officials can decided whether to include her in the proceedings.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement will decide whether to order Godinez to immigration court, said agency lawyer Carmen Leal. The proceedings against her children, ages 10 to 18, have been going on for the past two years.

“They’re going after Rocio now,” said family attorney Jonathan Ryan. He said he believes the government decided to move on Godinez after media reports on the case.

“We knew this was a chance we were taking with going public,” Ryan said.

ICE said it would have no comment Wednesday.

The family’s next hearing will take place in early December, when they will again make the more than three-hour trip from their home in San Angelo to San Antonio.

Godinez and her four children came to the U.S. in the late 1990s on tourist visas, which later expired.

Well, my opinion? Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Illegal means illegal and if you’re here on an expired visa regardless of other circumstances you are illegal.

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

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