LUDICROUS
I was born in 1980, my parents had taken me & fled Tehran, Iran during the revolution/war in 1982. We went Spain, then eventually came to the U.S. where I have resided the past 26 years of my life. I had completed high school @ 17 years old in Santa Barbara, California, and watched my parents struggle my whole life-to this very day. My father tried to apply for asylum, had attorneys swallow every last cent just to appeal our case repetitively. Unbearable, my father went to the FBI, worked as an informant for them, not for any money, but for help with our status. Years have went by filled with empty promises of false hope, I had even went through the witness protection program which worsened my situation from 17 on. I am now almost 28 yrs old, have been married to an American Citizen for over 5yrs & we share a 6yr old girl & a 2 yr old boy, we have been through some financial turmoil recently, our business failed, & we have lost everything & now live with his parents in Arkansas. I had jobs since I was 16, & paid taxes too, as well as cheated out of many checks, taken advantage of. Why? Because I don't have the right/access to any kind of funding/loans for college, because I don't have the right to hold a real job (recently I just lost my $14/hr paying job with my boss telling me I do great, but since I can't provide any proper documentation of my legal RIGHT to be employed in the US....)These FBI agents continue to string my father along, "Oh, we will help our family...blah, blah, blah" until they get want, then all of a sudden, we become shadows. How frustrating, every lawyer we have consulted with says my case is impossible without me having to leave the country and come back later with high risk of spending a 30 day minimum in some immigration jail/detention. Wait a minute, since when did I become a criminal, what are the charges? I have been here since I was 2 yrs. old and know nothing about living anywhere else. Why should I be locked away from my little children? Is there any other route or way around this? I refuse to leave my family, my children, I would rather be illegal, which has left me financially, emotionally, & mentally paralyzed. Please Help. God Bless.