Imagine toddlers stranded at daycare centers. Children left at schools. Siblings suddenly left in charge of younger brothers and sisters. Children being handed over to ill-equipped relatives. This is what occurs to the youth of our country when illegal-immigrant parents are swept up in home and work-place raids resulting in children being left behind. This is a complication that underscores the difficulty in effectively enforcing immigration laws against families that have already established themselves and begun raising families in the United States.
Three million American-born children have at least one parent who is an illegal immigrant; one in 10 American families has mixed immigration status, meaning at least one member is an illegal immirant. This is an issue that affects our country whether or not you are for or against immigrant reform. These are the children your kids and/or grandchildren go to school with. To read about some of the real-effects see http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Divided-Families.html?ex=1174363200&en=b96c2616c791a283&ei=5070&emc=eta1
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Jennifer Jaskolka-Brown, an Iowa attorney located at 6601 Westown Parkway, Suite 200, West Des Moines, Iowa, (515) 247-4705, practices in general civil litigation with an emphasis in Iowa Family Law issues. She provides guidance in family law matters from divorce, paternity, disestablishment of paternity to adoption,and guardianships. She also provides representation in a wide-variety of civil litigation issues.
