i wonder how much one can fight for not returning to own "homeland"? stories of political &/or homosectuals' persecutions start to annoy even immigration officials.
Arthur lived most of his life in the US, and as such US is his homeland.
Or are you talking about "historical/parental homeland"? Because if so, then I have many Jewish-American/Italian-American friends who would see a MAJOR problem in being forced to return to their historical homeland.
As to your point about political/"homosectual" persecution, I don't see how it is in any way related to his (or his parents) case.
& why did Arthur grow up in the states? not koz his parents illegally stayed in the us & didn't go back to their country despite the court decisions? his parents stories don't seem to me trustworthy, sorry. i know 1000 real cases that only to escape from hard life in armenia ppl had made up heartbreaking stories that hollywood writers would envy.
*thx for framing my typo, didn't notice. my english is far from perfect, tut mir leid.
That's ridiculous. They've been in the US for 15 years, the surely by now they should be allowed a chance to become citizens. Not only that but the father has a job and the kid is clearly going to be able to make something of himself and they DON'T want them to stay? Not only that but if the second kid was born in the US, as the article implies, then THAT kid is automatically a US citizen, those three should be more than enough to let them stay in the US.
Well, as far as the laws are concerned, the citizenship of the younger kid has no bearing on the status of the parents. But other than that I completely agree: the immigration services in this country work like a totalitarian organization -- bulldozing individual fates into a single pile. Clearly this family is perfectly integrated and successful, it's not clear why they should not be allowed to stay in the US.
However what really surprises me from the above comments is that some fellow Armenians have absolutely no sympathy for this family...in fact the American reporter seems to be a lot more understanding. And this I don't understand.
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Or are you talking about "historical/parental homeland"? Because
if so, then I have many Jewish-American/Italian-American friends who would see a MAJOR problem in being forced to return to their historical homeland.
As to your point about political/"homosectual" persecution, I don't see how it is in any way related to his (or his parents) case.
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*thx for framing my typo, didn't notice. my english is far from perfect, tut mir leid.
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However what really surprises me from the above comments is that some fellow Armenians have absolutely no sympathy for this family...in fact the American reporter seems to be a lot more understanding. And this I don't understand.
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