Kerry asks compassion in immigration case of soldier's wife

quote[Sen. John Kerry on Wednesday urged U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials not to deport the wife of a Massachusetts soldier missing in Iraq, calling it a "test of our government's compassion" for service members and their families.

"It just strikes me as unbelievably inappropriate and indecent for the wife of a current, second-tour Purple Heart winner who is now missing in action to be living under this kind of cloud," Kerry, D-Mass., said in a conference call with reporters.

Army Spec. Alex Jimenez of Lawrence, who has been missing since his unit was attacked by insurgents in Iraq on May 12, had petitioned for a green card for his wife, Yaderlin, whom he married in 2004, Boston television station WBZ-TV reported on Tuesday. The soldier's wife is living with family members in Pennsylvania, the station reported.

Kerry wrote a letter asking Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff not to take any further steps in Yaderlin Jimenez's case until her husband is found.]

Here's an update for all the people who have expressed interest in this story (thanks for the emails). I too am outraged by this, and so I urge everyone who's equally outraged to write their senators and congressmen and urge them to take action to protect her.

Just so you know, if they do deport her the law requires that she can't reapply for entry for at least ten years!

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