{"id":1289,"date":"2009-03-11T04:19:31","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T09:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2009-03-11T04:19:31","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T09:19:31","slug":"repost-hope-they-find-a-good-resolution-for-thisgmanewstv-federalization-in-n-marianas-shatters-filipino-families-dreams-pinoy-abroad-official-website-of-gma-news-and-public-affairs-lates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/03\/11\/repost-hope-they-find-a-good-resolution-for-thisgmanewstv-federalization-in-n-marianas-shatters-filipino-families-dreams-pinoy-abroad-official-website-of-gma-news-and-public-affairs-lates\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost: Hope They Find A Good Resolution For This:GMANews.TV – Federalization in N Marianas shatters Filipino families' dreams – Pinoy Abroad – Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs – Latest Philippine News – BETA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Federalization in N Marianas<\/a> shatters Filipino families’ dreams
\nHAIDEE V. EUGENIO, GMANews.TV
\n03\/10\/2009 | 10:40 AM
\nSUSUPE, Saipan<\/a> \u2013 All that Jenica G. Atalig, 13, and Beda G. Mundo, 12, want is for their Filipina<\/a> mother, Camila, to be granted US citizenship when the federal government takes over the immigration system of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands<\/a> (CNMI) by June 1.
\nTheir mother\u2019s immigration status is that of an immediate relative (IR) of a US citizen<\/a> under CNMI law.
\nBut because US immigration laws do not recognize the CNMI\u2019s IR status, thousands of these individuals will lose their immigration status by June 1 and may be forced to depart the CNMI unless the US government<\/a> grants them a status that will allow them to continue to work and live in the CNMI.
\nTheir mother, who worked at a hotel for some seven years until she was laid off due to economic hardships, is married to a US citizen. The couple\u2019s children are US citizens for being born in the CNMI, a US territory whose capital Saipan is only about three hours away from Manila<\/a> on a direct flight.
\nJenica and Beda\u2019s mother could apply for a green card or permanent residency<\/a>, but the fees rack up to thousands of dollars, which the family cannot afford at this time.
\n“Fees for applying for green card are unaffordable. We strongly favor an enhanced status for aliens living here and have US-born children. Let this concern of ours be heard,” Janice and Beda said in a statement.
\nGMANews.TV – Federalization in N Marianas shatters Filipino families’ dreams – Pinoy Abroad – Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs – Latest Philippine News – BETA<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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