Would you agree that ten years is a pretty long time? Well immigration seems to think it's a wonderful idea for immigrants who have been deported to not be able to apply for re-entry for ten long years. Now think, a lot of those immigrants have wives/husbands, children, and other family here that do not want to be without them for ten years.

The picture to the left is a picture of my fiancee, when he was on an ICE hold in Cincinatti, OH. He got on probation for a misdemeaner, (sorry if I spelled that wrong), a while before we got together. Somehow he ended up losing contact with his probation officer, which is a very bad idea. However, I did not think much of it. I wish I had. Eventually the police were looking for him. So, the good person that my fiancee is, he went and turned himself in. I was happy to hear he only got 23 days in the county jail. At that time, I had no idea what was going to happen. I never thought anything like this would happen to us. Especially because he turned himself in instead of running and hiding, which now I almost wish he had. Anyways, on April 26th, the day my fiancee was supposed to be released, I got up at like 7 in the morning that day so excited he was going to come back home after being away from him for 3 weeks. I called the jail and they told me the time he was supposed to get out... however, when me and my grandmother arrived to pick him up, they decide to tell us he is on an ICE hold. Later I found out that they even told my fiancee he was getting out, had him get all his things ready, had him ready and excited to come back home to me, but then told him he's on a hold, and could not leave.

Could you imagine the emotions he must have been dealing with at that moment. First, he thought he was going home. Then, he finds out he's got to go back to El Salvador, away from me, and away from our unborn baby.

I went and visited him that day, the worst day of my life, and at the beginning of our visit, there were no words, only tears. Could you even imagine? I was around 6 months pregnant and I had to face the fact they were taking him from me.

So now he's got a ten year bar. He's thousands of miles away from me, and he's not allowed to come home. He won't be able to be by my side when our baby girl is born. This is far from an easy situation to cope with. He's stressed, I'm stressed.

Why did this have to happen? I almost feel like my country has let me down.

If you could please do us, and other families dealing with similar things, a favor, and pass this around. Our stories need to be heard. Thankyou.