The ACLU is learning the parents don't want their children returning because the violence in parts of Guatemala is as bad as the south side of Chicago once they turn 18 they can apply for their parents' Green Cards.
This is the part that sickens me. I have colleagues at work who are from India, Singapore, and the Philippines. They came here legally and have been working at reduced wages while at the same time paying into a lottery system for a limited number of green cards assigned by nationality. Some have been here over 10 years, each year paying the same fee. Yet year after year, no green cards are given. And no chance at better wages either since their status is linked to their employer. If they lose their jobs, they are deported immediately.
Yet at the same time, people bypass the system and cross over uninvited from Mexico. And they are given green cards within a year.
Of course my Indian and Filipino co-workers are staunchly Conservative and will vote Republican if given the opportunity to vote. But they are discriminated against by a very unfair immigration system.
