Justice for Zhen Xing Jiang

Poor Zhen Xing Jiang. She is a victim of the imigration mess this country find itself in. And by most accounts, she has been so victimized that she lost her babies over the stress and mistreatment.

The immigration issue is a heated debate. And politicians seem to be hopping on it to further their own personal agendas, as opposed to actually fixing a broken system. Just see the stunt pulled by Rick Santorum last night - after his other Philly area stops to fill the political war chest, he did a publicity stop at Geno's to "support Joey".

Yeah right. Next he'll be calling me up and saying "hey HAE, I really like your blogging efforts. How about I offer you a job as a lobbyist?"

I think Joey has the right to his opinion, but I also think poor Mr. and Mrs. Jiang should be allowed to stay in this country in peace. They left their country to escape oppression and fear - they probably didn't have much choice on how they got here. They have proved to be viable, contributing members of their community. If they get deported, the USA might as well have executed them because if they are shipped back to China they will be at even more risk than they are for having lived here illegally.

How about DC steps in and offers them amnesty to Mr. and Mrs. Jiang like they talk about in the realms of all this "immigration reform"?

Read the Inquirer article:

Woman fights deportation after 10 years here

Zhen Xing Jiang arrived here illegally in 1995 and lived quietly for 10 years. But she miscarried this year in U.S. custody and now is fighting to stay.

After she finished telling her story, her supporters - her husband, lawyer and Chinatown activists - pressed around a coffee table to talk tactics and debate which politicians might be willing to help.

The woman whose future they weighed, Zhen Xing Jiang, sat away from the group, silent, staring at the floor.

Her babies were dead. And her ordeal was not over.

In person, Jiang, 32, seems too slight a presence to have provoked rallies in two cities and headlines as far away as Beijing. Her most prominent feature is the dark circles under her eyes.

Jiang entered the United States illegally in 1995 and for nearly a decade lived quietly in Philadelphia, helping her husband run their Chinese restaurant. Today she stands at the center of a storm, buffeted by government machinations, legal motions, uncertainty and fear. (full text)