when the law becomes tired and ambigous

[LOLAs 1]

I just read this on yahoo news and i will like to know what will happen to the lady in question

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_on_...dow_immigration

the synopsis is that she married the marine before his death but "by proxy" she got pregnant before the marriage and the guy died after the marriage she never saw him again- now the complicated and often insensitive bureaucratic barrier of our immigration law is preventing her from being a U.S immigrant.

A private bill is being submitted that is related to her case but my question is, what about the so many people that are in similar predicament but do not have a military record? I totally wish her well and I hope that she might bring a change to that law or better to the whole immigration law about divorces, marriages and all those non-sense. I do not imply that there should not be immigration laws, but rather I advocate a humanistic immigration law that makes the process more humane than it currently is. The emotional roller coasters of I-130s I-129F I ---- are unmeasurable and at times it creates an everlasting distruptions in the family that is often irrepairable because the consequences of a failed application are often long years suspension even though the cause maybe just an oversight or innocent mistakes. I will be glad to see a dawn of reforms that see people filling for immigration benefits as humans rather than case numbers. Maybe this will be the start

[justashooter 430]

work on your grammar. you make it sound like she got pregnant by proxy.

private bills are enacted frequently to deal with special situations. she will get approved, eventually. the law is a respector of no man. this is why lady justice wears a blindfold as she balances the scales of justice. people not separated by military deployment are not similar, and should not be viewed as such. military law interferes with and superceded civil and criminal law, hence the reach-around provided in this case.

Edited September 17, 2009 by justashooter

[LOLAs 1]

i didn't realize that this is an english class, i am sure there are more respectable ways of stating that you did not understand what the "thought question" was all about

work on your grammar. you make it sound like she got pregnant by proxy.

private bills are enacted frequently to deal with special situations. she will get approved, eventually. the law is a respector of no man. this is why lady justice wears a blindfold as she balances the scales of justice. people not separated by military deployment are not similar, and should not be viewed as such. military law interferes with and superceded civil and criminal law, hence the reach-around provided in this case.

[canadian_wife 1,826]

This is a sad story. In the US (as stated in the article) by-proxy marriages are only legal in the US after the marriage has been consumated. Since that did not happen in this case, the marine was not legally married when he died.

It's a shame

[LOLAs 1]

I feel for her as well and it prompts me to post it here. Therea are so many ways that immigration issues can get complicated, this is just one of them

This is a sad story. In the US (as stated in the article) by-proxy marriages are only legal in the US after the marriage has been consumated. Since that did not happen in this case, the marine was not legally married when he died.

It's a shame