This is
beyond logic and again illustrates an incomprehensible action of our U.S. Government. In Atlanta, Georgia, 51 year old woman, Alicia Nino De Palma has
leukemia and needs a bone morrow transplant to survive. None of her family members in the U.S. are a
match, but her sister in Mexico is a compatible match for the life-saving bone
marrow transplant. The United States has
denied the sister’s request for a U.S. Visa.
Ms.
DePalma is a U.S. resident and her husband and children are U.S. citizens. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico states that the
sister does not have compelling reasons to return to Mexico and they are
concerned that she might stay in the United States.
Let me
state the obvious: 10s of thousands of
illegal border-crossers are streaming into the United States across our OPEN
U.S. Southern border. On one hand, our
U.S. Government allows this, supports this, and provides benefits to these
illegal border-crossers. On the other
hand, our U.S. Government denies a visa to a life-saving bone marrow transplant
because of a fear that only ONE person may not depart the U.S. at the end of
the visa period. OH, and please note
that the Atlanta hospital has provided a letter documenting the medical necessity
of the transplant.
Our
immigration system is broken – period.
The people administering portions of our immigration system (including
visas), in this case the U.S. Embassy, are mindless slaves to a system without
regard to human need or the real-world situation. Where is the balance? Where is the humanity? Where is the
leadership?
I am truly
distressed over such mindless administration.
Again, another example of those who comply with the law and take the
proper legal steps are punished, while those who ignore the law (illegal
border-crossers) receive the blessing and benefits provided by our U.S.
Government.
A video
and news article is available at: http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2014/09/15/mexican-woman-denied-visa-for-sister-life-saving-bone-marrow-transplant/
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