California’s Senator Feinstein has been a powerful supporter of the Mexican, even visiting her home last year with news cameras handy. Funny, I don’t recall the senator ever going to bat for crime victims of illegal aliens, even though Kate Steinle was killed by an illegal Mexican just a 3 1/2 miles from Feinstein’s mansion in Pacific Heights. Senator Feinstein certainly has made her priorities clear.
Mendoza will return to her former job in the Highland Hospital cancer ward — good luck to the patients.
]]>Deported Oakland nurse given approval to return to the US, By Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle, November 30, 2018
A nurse who was separated from her children and deported to Mexico last year after more than two decades in Oakland has won her improbable fight to return to the United States.
Maria Mendoza-Sanchez said she got a phone call Friday morning from the U.S. Consulate in Mexico City saying her visa had been approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. She’s been staying with her sister in a town three hours from the capital and couldn’t make the drive Friday because of air-pollution restrictions, but plans to pick up the paperwork Monday. And a week or two later, she’ll be flying back to the Bay Area.
“This is amazing. … I could barely believe it,” said Mendoza-Sanchez, 47, whose story has been covered extensively in The Chronicle and elsewhere and has drawn support from local and statewide political leaders. They include Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, and Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf. Staffers at Oakland’s Highland Hospital, where Mendoza-Sanchez worked as an oncology nurse, held a rally to protest her deportation.
After hearing the news Friday, her first call was to her four children in Oakland. “I told them to wake up,” she said, “I asked them to gather in one room, and I told them, ‘Mommy’s coming home.’ They were very happy. I said, ‘Get ready for school.’”
The journey home required a winning ticket in a visa lottery this spring, then a series of approvals from agencies in a Trump administration that has taken an increasingly hard line on immigration from Latin America. The visa is an H-1B, reserved for skilled workers such as nurses in hospital cancer wards.
The timing of Friday’s call came as a surprise, because a consular official had told Mendoza-Sanchez this week that she would probably get a final decision in about a month.
“I think because of all of the pressure (from politicians and the public), they sped it up,” said her immigration lawyer, Camiel Becker.
Feinstein said Friday she had met with Mendoza-Sanchez and kept in close contact with her children over the past year. (Continues)
Feinstein criticizes Trump over deportation that splits Oakland family, San Francisco Chronicle, August 10, 2017
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Feinstein criticizes Trump over deportation that splits Oakland family, San Francisco Chronicle, August 10, 2017
Sen. Dianne Feinstein called Thursday for the federal government to reverse the deportation of an Oakland nurse and her husband, saying their removal after more than two decades in the country revealed the “cruel and arbitrary nature” of President Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.
Responding to a front-page Chronicle story about Maria Mendoza-Sanchez and Eusebio Sanchez — who plan to depart for Mexico on Tuesday with their 12-year-old son to start a new life, while leaving behind three older daughters who have legal status — Feinstein went to the family’s home for an afternoon meeting to discuss their plight. . .
On Friday, I reported on the case and its widespread news coverage in More Deportation Hooey: Trump the Family Splitter! But there’s lots more.
Even Mexico’s Univision network reported on the couple’s free trip home, with an espanol video of Senator Feinstein’s visit to their Oakland home and remarks: La senadora Dianne Feinstein visita a un matrimonio mexicano cuya deportación está programada para el martes.
Senator Feinstein visited the family and discussed the case with the press.
The California senator even had a supportive kiss for Maria Sanchez, the Mexican illegal alien!
Funny, I don’t recall seeing Senator Feinstein reach out to families of crime victims of illegal aliens, like Kate Steinle’s heartbroken parents or the remaining members of the Bologna family after three were murdered by a Mexican gangster. And all four of these victims of illegal aliens were killed in Feinstein’s home city of San Francisco where she was once mayor.
When speaking to the press at the Sanchez house, Feinstein remarked, “This is a mistake, this shouldn’t happen. I mean, go after the gang bangers, go after the criminals: leave the law-abiding good people who are adding to our economy, whose children are productive, they’re all going to school, they’re all going to give back to society.”
Does Feinstein not understand that illegal immigration is against the law and harms citizens whose jobs the aliens steal? She plans to introduce a private bill in the Senate to lift the deportation order.
Here’s a news report from ABC in San Francisco:
Feinstein even issued a press release to illustrate her concern. When was the last time she went to bat to protect an American??
]]>Feinstein Statement on Pending Deportation of Sanchez Family, Aug 10, 2017
Washington—Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today released the following statement on the case of the Sanchez family as detailed in the San Francisco Chronicle:
“The cruel and arbitrary nature of President Trump’s immigration enforcement policies is captured in the heartbreaking story of the Sanchez family.
“Maria and Eusebio Sanchez have lived in this country for more than 20 years. They are hardworking parents raising four children, three citizens and one protected by DACA. They have no criminal records. They pay taxes, own their home and contribute to this country. These are the kind of people we should welcome into the United States with open arms.
“Instead, the family has been notified that they must leave the country by Tuesday.
“Tearing this family apart doesn’t make anyone safer, it only places incredible hardship on their three children who will remain behind, forced to navigate their lives without their parents.
“This case exemplifies that it’s nearly impossible for undocumented immigrants to get right with the law when they want to do so. The Sanchez family has tried for two decades to obtain legal status.
“The deportation of Maria and Eusebio would be a loss for the Oakland community. The equities of their case should be given full consideration so that this family has an opportunity to stay together.”
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