{"id":1145,"date":"2007-11-09T13:44:42","date_gmt":"2007-11-09T17:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2007-11-09T15:07:21","modified_gmt":"2007-11-09T19:07:21","slug":"mundo-hispanico-enforcment-works-from-galeo-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/09\/mundo-hispanico-enforcment-works-from-galeo-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Mundo Hispanico – enforcment works, news from GALEO site"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gracias Jerry!<\/a><\/p>\n

More on Cobb County: About to lose it all
\nFound in Mundo Hispanico
\nWritten by Linda Carolina P\u00e9rez
\nPosted on 2007-11-08<\/p>\n

A translation of \u201cA punto de perderlo todo\u201d <\/p>\n

www.mundohispanico.com\/actualidad\/content\/actualidad\/articulos\/1025_articulo2.html <\/a><\/p>\n

By Linda Carolina P\u00e9rez
\n10\/25\/2007 <\/p>\n

Translated by GALEO, Alexis Gassenhuber, Intern <\/p>\n

Posted on GALEO on 11\/8\/07. <\/p>\n

His journey to jail, his fear of leaving his house, and the possibility of being deported have a Mexican man ready to \u201cthrow in the towel\u201d. <\/p>\n

There are times when I say to my wife, \u201cDo you know what would be better? We\u2019ll take our things and leave for Mexico,\u201d said Andr\u00e9s Ernesto Perales, who was detained for 15 days in the Cobb County Jail after being taken into custody for lacking a driver\u2019s license. <\/p>\n

Perales, who has lived in the U.S. for 13 years, was released after paying bail to the County and promising to appear before an immigration judge on October 30. <\/p>\n

What happens on this day determines the future of this man, his wife, and his six children. Meanwhile, they may only be careful and pray that the judge\u2019s decision will not be to separate them. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a sad situation because if they tell me to go, I do not want to go without my children. They do not have passports and I need to take out passports but they cost 80 or 90 dollars for each one,\u201d said Perales, who became economically
\ndevastated after his time in prison. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe little money that I had saved was spent in those 15 days,\u201d stated the Mexican, who works in construction. <\/p>\n

Even though they have recommended that he not drive, Perales affirmed that he has no alternative. \u201cI cannot pay for taxi rides because I have six children, I have many expenses. My rent, the bills, children\u2019s clothes, shoes, food\u2026 additionally, my mother has diabetes and I also cover her expenses,\u201d he ascertained. <\/p>\n

Moreover, he must obtain money to pay a lawyer who represented him before the immigration judge and to pay a ticket for driving without a license in Rome, Georgia. <\/p>\n

Perales asserted that he feels that he\u2019s on the edge of losing everything. <\/p>\n

\u201cI bought a little trailer three years ago and I have worked hard to be able to purchase it, for my children, and now this happens to me,\u201d he stated. <\/p>\n

The Perales family awaits a favorable decision at their immigration hearing. Some lawyers have told them that they have arguments in their favor, including having lived so many years in this country and for Mr. Perales being the sole provider to children who are citizens. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn any case, I will find a way to stay, especially for my children. In Mexico I will not be able to support them, I do not even have a house there,\u201d he concluded. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gracias Jerry! More on Cobb County: About to lose it all Found in Mundo Hispanico Written by Linda Carolina P\u00e9rez Posted on 2007-11-08 A translation of \u201cA punto de perderlo todo\u201d www.mundohispanico.com\/actualidad\/content\/actualidad\/articulos\/1025_articulo2.html By Linda Carolina P\u00e9rez 10\/25\/2007 Translated by GALEO, Alexis Gassenhuber, Intern Posted on GALEO on 11\/8\/07. His journey to jail, his fear of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}