I hate our government!
Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 11:36:40 AM PDT
I have shared with you all before the plight of the Kambo family -- Sam and Hanaan, immigrants from Sierra Leone, who, after living in the US for 14 years were told that Sam was dangerous and could not be allowed admission to this country. They followed the rules and did everything that we ask immigrants to do, including Sam earning two degrees from the University of Texas. They are neighbors of mine, with twin daughters in the same grade and school as my twins. Sam has been in jail, detained by immigration and homeland security, since last October.
Despite a ruling in June by the immigration judge that Sam did not participate in the execution of 30 people in Sierra Leone -- and that Sam should be allowed to stay in the U.S., he remains in jail to this day.
There was a hearing today [his lawyer filed a writ of habeas corpus] and the government argued that the judge had no jurisdiction to hear this case.
Here's the story on the local paper's website:
http://www.statesman.com/...
I am so fed up, disgusted and ashamed of our government. In a recent interview, Hanaan put it well -- she said that the US goes around the world telling other people how to run their governments and then we do this to people in our own country.
We have written Senators, Congressmen, contacted all the news media we know of [there has been some local coverage of this] and I am out of ideas. I just needed to rant about this and say please think of and/or pray for the Kambo family. This is not what our country is about, and I hope we won't stand for it.
