My sister wants to sneak a child over the border??

davidmi711

She can get arrested. She can go to jail. If she was an actual law student she would know that.

nandra k

Send me her information and I will gladly forward it to ICE. She of course will not ever be allowed to be a lawyer, but that is probably a good thing since she is a criminal anyway.

willmaj

your sister could get into a whole lot trouble and face some jail time if she got got. she should not sacrifice her career for this guy.he will leave her as soon as he gets what he wants.tell her to be wise and not do it. let the guy pay some one else to bring his daughter. after all, it is his daughter and nit your sisters , so he needs to handle that and not get your sister in truoble. the fact that he even saked her to do this shows he does notcare what happens to your sister.

TLB

Yes she can goto jail. Aiding and abetting a criminal. She should know this what with her soon to be law degree and all.

Tabatha

She can go to jail and get in BIG time trouble. It's his daughter, HE should go and get her. She needs to read more into the law.

Miss Delanne

The "just" thing to do is to cut and paste this admission of illegal intent in an e-mail to the Department of Immigration and Naturalization and have them trace your location and bust your sister and her boyfriend in the act.

Child of God

Why can't he bring her here legally? Is he an illegal? She needs to rethink her relationship with this guy! Making demands is a sign of abuse!

45 auto

First off if she is caught her carer is over as a lawyer>Is it worth it>Didn't learn much in law school>Jail is the least of her problems>Her first court appearance as a lawyer will be hers>

BAS

She should not risk her future because of what an illegal wants. She should call ICE and turn him in. What will he be teaching the child by showing her his illegal ways. There are so many children who are legal citizens in the country that could use the help of organizations. Your sister should point out that helping criminals is not the way to go. She should get her fellow "law" students to aim their support to legal citizens and law abiding citizens. If this guy is any father at all he will return to his country to take care of his daughter and his grandmother and if he truly wants to be a citizen he will go thru the proper legalization process. Your sister should encourage him to do this.

Your sister sounds like an intelligent person. You need to help to convince her that her "boyfriend" is not a good choice. It says a lot about a man who would leave a child in another country to be raised by a sick grandmother. Someone who truly loves you would not want you to risk your own future for their own wants and gains. She can find a much better "boyfriend" one who truly cares about her. You need to help her understand this.

TIna

Isn't it a bit scary to think that a third year law student with high marks could be this unaware of the law? As so many others have pointed out, she could get into serious trouble - jail, not to mention the trouble she'd face should she decide to travel outside the U. S. again. That record would haunt her in so many ways. The child is his. Let him take care of her and deal with whatever consequences come his way. That may sound heartless, but not nearly as heartless as he is in expecting her to risk losing her career and possibly facing jail for something that is his responsibility to deal with.

joeandhisguitar

Advise her against it.

DAR

She is an idiot.

I've heard of two separate cases where citizens 'helped' parents here by saying the child they were bringing across was their own and ended up with 5 year jail terms, just in the last few months. I'm sure there were more.

Forget that for a moment.

Do you think she will ever practice law in any state after being convicted of human smuggling?

"Since 2003, when the new policy was instituted, federal attorneys in Arizona have prosecuted more than 140 child-smuggling cases and sought mandatory prison sentences. They also have pushed to strip smugglers with green cards of their legal status and deport them. Prosecutors hope the crackdown will send a message.

"Most of the women who do this are very sympathetic, but the crime is very serious," Tsethlikai said.

Illegal passage

Here's how the plan works: A relative of the children or a member of a smuggling organization will pay a U.S. citizen or a legal permanent resident anywhere from $100 to $800 to bring a child into the country, usually by falsely claiming to be the child's parent at a port of entry.

The person bringing the child across typically is a Hispanic woman.

"Usually you want to look the part," Tsethlikai said.

To bring the children across, the woman will use the birth certificates or other documents of her own children, or bogus documents, then attempt to walk or drive through a port of entry.

But the smugglers don't always try to bring the children across the border in plain sight, using such documentation. Children also have been found hidden inside piÃ±atas and concealed behind car panels.

Once across, the children often are handed over to strangers at parks, stores, gas stations and shopping malls.

The children span all ages.

"We've seen babies as little as 1 or 2 years old," Tsethlikai said. "Often, (the children) have been drugged so they are sleepy. We can't wake them up. Later, the (smugglers) will admit they gave them Benadryl," an over-the-counter antihistamine and sedative.

At first, most of the women hired to bring children across came from border towns. But lately, officials have seen more women from Phoenix driving to Mexico to bring children across. That suggests organized smuggling rings have become involved, although prosecutors have not been able to link any of the women caught bringing children into the country illegally with larger networks, Tsethlikai said.

Increased risk

Aguirre knew she was breaking the law when she agreed to bring the two Mexican children, ages 3 and 5, into the U.S. illegally, her Tucson lawyer, Rubin Salter Jr., said. But she didn't know how severe the punishment could be.

"She did not know it was mandatory prison time," Salter said.

He said Aguirre's main motivation was not money.

"She wanted to help them. She could not imagine these children walking through the desert for several hours," he said."

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/0326childsmuggling0321.html

emucompboy

The just thing to do would be for the dad to move back to Mexico, and take care of his kid and his mom, for crying out loud.

Tell your sister that her boyfriend is an irresponsible git, and she should kick him to the curb now... and if she hasn't thought of this already, she's just plain blind.

She could go to jail.. Hopefully you can convince her not to do it. I can't imagine what kind of boyfriend would expect someone to do this for them. He should just go back to Mexico... I know that sounds cold hearted but, I know theres not many jobs there and its tough to make a living. However it's better than risking your child's safety or the future of someone you love.

Gretl

You are in favor of him paying a coyote? Seems like you are. This is child endangerment, to say the least. HE should go to Mexico and try to do this, and then let him get caught, and go to jail. If he was really concerned about his child, he would find a way to get the child here legally, unless he is illegal, so deport him right away. Let him take care of his kid in Mexico. Your sister is a fool, and you are aiding and abetting as well.

Hard to believe she is a law student if she doesn't know the law. Anyway, it sure sounds like he is illegally here, if he can't bring his child over legally. Scare her into getting rid of this guy. If she is really involved with this group, then why doesn't she help him to become legal?

Nothingusefullearnedinschool

As to sneaking some one across the border, "Why not? Everyone else is doing it."
But, hey, you said your sister. She should NOT be involved. Getting caught could mean the end of her career before it begins. She could go to jail...
Tell her not to be involved.

Thinking Clearly

Sounds like your sister is gah-gah in love with this illegal and thinks that she's going to be Rosa Parks, or Joan of Arc, or some other feminine heroine and bring the little bebe to her papa. Well, it's just as likely that she'll be feeling like a martyr in jail when the police catch her. Or she'll feel like a rape victim when she discovers that Illegal Man takes his daughter, and sashays away to "do" another gullible American woman for as much as he can get out of her.

The child has no other relative in all of Mexico? The man can't go back and help the grandmother? Where is the mother? The other three grandparents? The uncles, aunts, cousins, the whole extended family? No, the only solution he sees is for your dumb sister to risk her entire future.

That doesn't sound like love to me. It doesn't even sound like respect.

jackson

I am familiar with the CAIR people and your sister has her head in the clouds. Yes there is something to be said for ideals but the real world intrudes. This boyfriend would have her under the barrel foreve

Now you could explain this endlessly to her. But there comes a time when you have to make the call for those you care for and family. It will be painfull and she will hate you but in the end all will be well.

She could appease you and say that she will not do it but then may do so anyway. Now you could threaten her but by then the deed could be done. So you have to go right to it so even though she will be mad... she will be safe.

Call and tell her that you will call Homeland/ICE in a heartbeat and that's that. If she manages to carry it through you will do so as well. She will have much to say but step away. Once she relays that to the boyfriend he will obviously scoot.

Personally if it was my sister or daughter I would make the call to get the guy turned in and be done w. it. Better to do that than deal w. the later.

Mattymc323

This is a really bad idea ! I'm not going to pretend it sounds like a stunt to attract attention to her cause. I believe most modern pro bono law is extreemly dangerous. It is mearly radical liberalism run amuck. It seeks to change the social landscape of the country in a bad way. So she is in law school ? this is a paradox in itself.... How do you claim to defend the law by breaking it ?

Darkwolf

My heart bleeds.
/sarcasm

remind your sister that Aiding and Abetting is a CRIME, she CAN in fact, go to jail for this. She might become ineligible to take the Bar exam, thus stopping her from becoming a full-fledged lawyer.

Remind her that Law comes before Justice.

blindhobo

sounds like an adventure! can i come?

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