Diana van Sander
at the immigration detention center
in Elizabeth, N.J.,
where her husband was held while he faced deportation.
I read this article in the New York Times and felt these people's pain! For most people, dealing with all of the rules and regulations of how to go to another country with all of the proper i's dotted and t's crossed is the deepest and lengthiest interaction they will every have with a national government. Now imagine doing it in a foreign language. Also, doing it without a lawyer or an agency because they can be expensive. And the rules are constantly changing. Those who have gone before you, may not have the correct advice to give because they came under different rules. It takes hardly any paperwork to get married or have a baby (two of the largest responsibilities a person can take on) but to go live somewhere else and be a contributing member of society in a new country, well, that can be a nightmare of confusing forms, laws, and requirements.
“We tried to do everything right,” Ms. van Sander said, recalling the four forms they filled out without a lawyer. “We made a mistake, but if two Ph.D. students can’t figure it out, it shows the paperwork is really confusing.” Click on my title to read their story.
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