confused1254
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Here is the story. I am a US citizen born and raised here. I met my wife in college(she came from Indonesia on a legal student visa) and we had a child and got married. The child was a bit of a suprise and she gave birth right after getting his masters degree while I still had 2 years to go. Because of this we decided it was best for me to switch roles and be the stay at home parent and her to work. We sent in our paperwork but had to jump the gun(did not want welfare) and she got a decent job without any work authorization(they never checked). The paperwork somehow got lost and our receipts were stolen from our car so there goes that proof. Now we are stuck. We did write to a couple congressmen but we all know how useless they are.
Fast forward. We moved to another state where she got a good paying job and once again they did not do any sort of immigration check. She speaks perfect English with no accent so maybe they did not care. We have two children now and have been married over 19 years. If she applies for her papers especially in this climate she may be deported and at the least would probably lose her job leaving us homeless. I have one child in college and one with a little over 2 years left in high school. Everyone's lives would be ruined. We pay taxes and nobody has broken any laws so what do we do now? We are tired of keeping a low profile but are completely stuck in our situation.
Fast forward. We moved to another state where she got a good paying job and once again they did not do any sort of immigration check. She speaks perfect English with no accent so maybe they did not care. We have two children now and have been married over 19 years. If she applies for her papers especially in this climate she may be deported and at the least would probably lose her job leaving us homeless. I have one child in college and one with a little over 2 years left in high school. Everyone's lives would be ruined. We pay taxes and nobody has broken any laws so what do we do now? We are tired of keeping a low profile but are completely stuck in our situation.