At 06:47 AM 11/2/2002 -0800, Bill Tarkulich wrote: >Schnectady, NY, to a place and person Teresia had lived with before. It >also appears that she was bringing her mother and baby to a new life in >America. So, based on my own circumstantial evidence, the L.P.C. >designation was probably unwarranted. And so apparently ends one >immigrant's dreams of a new life in America. Sad, but not necessarily an unwarranted action by the American officials. First, they allowed for several hearings. No mention was made of the father of the child, which might have been a factor at that time. The contact in Schenectady, NY may not have agreed to be responsible for them. There may have been other evidence of illness of the adult(s) that could have been a factor. I believe in the majority of cases the officials tried to be as liberal as possible when interpreting the immigration laws. I know it happened, but I don't recall hearing of any deportation cases in our family or our friends families. John