Once a child has been through the INS process and legally admitted, a family court has jurisdiction. If this process has not been completed, the INS has complete control. There is a fundamental legal difference between a legal alien and an illegal alien. Again, we may not like that law, but it is the law.
Interesting to note that Latino groups, mostly liberal in orientation, have been protesting for years about the exaggerated powers of the INS, and that American conservatives have taken a consistently hard line about reform. Now they find themselves on opposite sides of the fence. Irony.
I still don't think that families in Cuba go through anything much worse than poor families elsewhere in the third world. I'm sure that as many Haitians wish to leave Haiti as Cubans wish to leave Cuba. The sad truth is that third world people who do not happen to belong to the political/economic elite have little or no freedom, live very shitty lives, and would love to move to the world of wealth. To attribute these realities exclusively to one state while ignoring them in others is to blind ourselves to reality.
I found this interesting:
iht.com
Vietnam Takes Leap Toward Free Market
Trade Pact Bolsters Economic Reformers
HO CHI MINH CITY - After a decade of dipping its feet in and out of the sea of capitalism, unsure just how much Marxist-Leninist ideology it should abandon in the post-Cold War world, Vietnam has decided to plunge into the free market.
The government has recently relaxed regulations on private enterprise and foreign investment, and in the most significant step toward economic liberalization, the country Thursday signed a landmark trade agreement with the United States that requires Vietnam to fundamentally overhaulits economy, reducing tariffs on a broad range of goods and allowing foreign firms to participate in key sectors including telecommunications and banking. In exchange, Vietnam will be able to export clothing, shoes, toys and a host of other products to its former enemy on the same low-tariff terms granted to most other countries.
Speaking on state television Friday, Trade Minister Vu Khoan called the agreement ''an important step in our integration into the world economy.''...
...the deal, which must be approved by Congress and Vietnam's National Assembly, most likely will provide a huge boost to the country's apparel and manufacturing industries, increasing exports by $800 million annually according to the World Bank, and creating hundreds of thousands of new jobs.
Lost the war, winning the battle. Maybe we'll figure out someday that in some battles trade is a more effective weapon than bombs. |
