Comments on: Korean Cancer Patient Fights for Treatment as She Faces Deportation

By: Korea Beat

Korea Beat — Sat, 31 May 2008 13:30:15 +0000

Just ran across this related article from last year.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....01890.html

By: InfernoReader

InfernoReader — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:46:41 +0000

Wait…she DID serve the 13 months for the drug charges, right? Because then there would be almost no justification for the sudden deportation on old charges. She already got the punishment, so why detain and isolate a mortally diseased person? Isn’t keeping her instead of releasing her for independent/foreign treatment kind of….redundant?

By: stacked

stacked — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:15:37 +0000

Well, atleast now I wont feel guilty about unfair treatment and deportation of Americans in Korea.

By: Maddlew

Maddlew — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:50:20 +0000

I tend to agree with you, Mr. Jackson. What she did was wrong but make up your mind. Keep her in the States or send her packing. I don’t believe what she did was so bad that her sentence should be to slowly watch a tumor consume an appendage and eventually their life. Even murderers are granted more compassion.

By: kpmsprtd

kpmsprtd — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:54:50 +0000

I hope I live long enough to see a lot of ICE, DEA, and other such agency employees incarcerated or in work camps. I admit that it will require a reality nearly completely opposite from today’s, but one can dream…

By: Colonel Kilgore

Colonel Kilgore — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:43:55 +0000

She decided not to be naturalized and maintained her Korean citizenship. Send this parasite back to Korea in economy or a box. America needs to stop catering to the world’s filth.

By: Andy Jackson

Andy Jackson — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:03:46 +0000

Benefits of citizenship? Oh, that’s a tough one so I’ll have to think. Ummmmmmmm.

How about having a say in American public life: voting, holding public office and jury duty?*

If perminant residents don’t feel it in their guts that they want to be Americans, then I think it is best that they don’t apply. A citizen is not just a passport holder.

(*OK, I can’t do the later two from here but I vote in every general election.)

By: Zonath

Zonath — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:57:47 +0000

are there other tangible benefits that citizenship provide?

Citizens also get to stand in the quicker line when returning to the United States… But yeah, in day-to-day life, the benefits of citizenship over permanent resident status are relatively minor and non-obvious.

By: judge judy

judge judy — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:05:02 +0000

She seems to have had no intention of returning to Korea which makes me wonder why she did not bother with citizenship.

whether she had intentions to return one day or not we don’t know. however, it is increasingly the case that korean citizens in america retain their korean citizenship and just renew legal permanency status. the only case i can think of wherein this may cause a difficulty is if a permanent status person is in a crisis situation with citizens. in that case, citizens get priority help. are there other tangible benefits that citizenship provide?

By: Zonath

Zonath — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:55:51 +0000

She seems to have had no intention of returning to Korea which makes me wonder why she did not bother with citizenship. Would the previous (lame) felony have created a problem?

Previous felony convictions can cause problems for naturalization applicants. The US naturalization process requires its applicants to have “good moral character,” and felony convictions (even lame ones) can tend to indicate a relative lack thereof. Still, she probably had a good number of years between becoming eligible for citizenship and her first conviction, which sort of raises the question of why not back then… My guess is it just didn’t seem important at the time, since if you stay out of trouble, the main difference between a citizen and a long-term legal permanent resident is the ability to vote and hold an American passport.