Nothing Human Is Alien
29th March 2011, 20:47
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) A 4-year-old Long Island girl caught in an immigration quagmire is coming back home.
Emily Samantha Ruiz is returning from Guatemala Tuesday night and will be reunited with her parents and younger brother in Brentwood.
Emily was caught in an immigration nightmare that her familys attorney, David Sperling, said has left her traumatized.
This story is going to come out in the next few days about the terrible treatment that this 4-year-old girl received, Sperling told 1010 WINS Mona Rivera by phone from Guatemala. The details that are going to come out are going to be shocking.
The family said Emily was deported after her grandfather was detained by authorities when their flight was diverted to Washington following a visit to Guatemala. Emilys a U.S. citizen. Her parents are illegal immigrants living in Brentwood.
Sperling said Emilys grandfather had a work visa but was taken into custody when officials noticed he had entered illegally in the 1990s.
Authorities told the family Emily could be held at a juvenile center in Virginia or return to Guatemala. The two went back.
You have no idea what she went through with Customs and Border Protection, the way that she was mistreated, Sperling said. She was basically deported even though shes a U.S. citizen and what they made her go through is unconscionable.
Emilys parents risk being detained if they go get her. Sperling was in Guatemala Tuesday waiting to bring Emily back home.
Emily, shes very happy and very anxious to see her mom and dad, Sperling said.
Emily Samantha Ruiz is returning from Guatemala Tuesday night and will be reunited with her parents and younger brother in Brentwood.
Emily was caught in an immigration nightmare that her familys attorney, David Sperling, said has left her traumatized.
This story is going to come out in the next few days about the terrible treatment that this 4-year-old girl received, Sperling told 1010 WINS Mona Rivera by phone from Guatemala. The details that are going to come out are going to be shocking.
The family said Emily was deported after her grandfather was detained by authorities when their flight was diverted to Washington following a visit to Guatemala. Emilys a U.S. citizen. Her parents are illegal immigrants living in Brentwood.
Sperling said Emilys grandfather had a work visa but was taken into custody when officials noticed he had entered illegally in the 1990s.
Authorities told the family Emily could be held at a juvenile center in Virginia or return to Guatemala. The two went back.
You have no idea what she went through with Customs and Border Protection, the way that she was mistreated, Sperling said. She was basically deported even though shes a U.S. citizen and what they made her go through is unconscionable.
Emilys parents risk being detained if they go get her. Sperling was in Guatemala Tuesday waiting to bring Emily back home.
Emily, shes very happy and very anxious to see her mom and dad, Sperling said.