> Hello everyone. I am new to the group and happy to see that such a
> group exists. My thanks to whomever started it.
>
> My situation is difficult as I am sure most of yours are. However I
> think I am at a dead end and I am sick thinking about it and trying to
> find a solution.
>
> I am in love with a man that I have been living with for a year. He
> has been here from Jamaica for 10 years with a student visa, (his visa
> expires at the end of 06). His parents tried all they could to get
> him
> to come to this country to get his education. He found out that his
> father was very ill and what he had was fatal. His sisters and mother
> were left to fend for themselves. He decided to go back home to
> Jamaica but his mother cried and begged him to stay. He refused but
> his sisters begged him as well and told him everything was going wrong
> and all the hope they had was in him. His education in America. That
> it was the best thing he could do for them.
>
> He decided to stay. His father became more and more ill and they
> couldn't come up with the money to assist him. My boyfriend went into
> a deep depression and began to work another job, but 3 jobs and full
> time school wasn't working and he was failing due to it. An old
> friend
> that he trusted greatly as a child moved to his town here in the USA
> and told him his father was doing horribly. My boyfriend explained
> all
> he was doing to help but even then ends weren't meeting. His "friend"
> told him if he could hook him up with a dealer he would give him
> enough
> money to go to Jamaica to see his dad and pay a few months of their
> mortgage. My boyfriend doesn't do any kind of drugs so he knew no one
> to introduce this guy to. He asked around on campus and found out
> some
> peoples names. Made the call and his friend told him to meet the guy
> at CVS. On his way out of CVS the cops pulled up.
>
> He got arrested. They said he committed conspiracy. Even if he
> wasn't
> directly involved he joined the two parties. He was arrested at that
> moment and went to jail for a few days. He never went to jail again.
> He was told to plead guilty so he did. He was told if he helped out t
> law enforcement that this would help. He tried to explain to them
> that
> he didn't know anyone in the business, that he hadn't done this
> before,
> but they didn't believe him. He ended up trying to help them as best
> he could but they never caught anyone because he didn't know anyone
> they could catch. He got 3 years probation. No jail.
>
> During this time his lic. expired and he couldn't renew it. He is now
> illigal and has this record. I am sad, I cry a lot, I hate that this
> happened to him. I know his intentions and to be honest i would do
> anything to save my father too.
>
> I am looking for a good crimanal/immigration attorney. I was told I
> needed to speak to someone that specializes in both not just one or
> the
> other. I am hoping one of you know of someone or can recommend a
> website or something. I am in South Florida, Ft. Lauderdale area.
>
> Thanks for your kindness,
> Adriana
I have to wonder... why is it, that every time someone from the islands
gets arrested in the US, they plead guilty for no other reason than
because "someone" told them to? Your boyfriend has been in the US for 10
years on a student visa (and that's a whole other mystery) and he
doesn't yet understand that in this country, you are innocent until
proven guilty? Not only that, but he actively searched to find a drug
dealer! Geez... is your boyfriend really that stupid?
While I'm thinking about it, your boyfriend must be some sort of
superman. He gets more and more depressed because his father is ill and
takes on another job to... what? ... make himself feel better? This on
top of the two jobs he already had?
Sorry, I'm just not buying any of this!
Ian
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