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  4 year old Illegal Immigrant Granted a Visa
Migration Posted by Kali Viker on Friday May 17, @06:29PM
from the dept.
According to the Associated Press, a four year old Thai boy will be granted a special three year Visa to remain in the United States.
Phanupon "Got" Khaisri entered the country with a group of immigrant smugglers who were using him as a prop. The visa that was granted to this AIDS-stricken little boy was especially created for victims of human trafficking. The child will become a ward of the state due to his parent's inability to care for him. His father has passed away and his mother is a heroin addict in their home country. After the three year visa is expired, his guardians, who have yet to be appointed, will have the option to file for permanent residence.

I'm glad to see that this little boy will have the oppertunity to stay in America and recieve the nurture he deserves. It's very sad that this child has already been exposed to so much crime and drug abuse in his short life. I hope that our medical professionals will be able to give him a quality of life by treating his AIDS to the best of their abilities. Hopefully he will be adopted by a caring family and not have to remain as a ward of the state, but I don't think that anything could be worse than what he has already been through.


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    Re: 4 year old Illegal Immigrant Granted a Visa
    by Charlene Wheeler on Sunday May 19, @08:13PM
    What a heart-wrenching story! I hope this little boy finds a loving home and that coming to America will be a god-send for him instead of the tragedy it started out as.
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    Re: 4 year old Illegal Immigrant Granted a Visa
    by joe ruddy on Wednesday May 22, @05:46PM
    i don't want to seem cruel here but i think that this kid getting a visa is showing exactly why this country can be screwed up. this country already has enough people as wards of the sate, and other people living off our money. i personally can barely support myself with the money i make working 40 hours a week, and now i have to help support this kid to live in the u.s. who might also have a better life than me because the state is taking care of him. i also see how easy it was for terrorists to get visas so they could blow up our buildings. i think visas should be quite a bit harder to get. i think some group should have to vote on whether a person can obtain a u.s. visa no matter their age, sex, nationality, or their personal struggles.
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