Woman Faces Deportation After Being Elected to City Council
Zoila Meyer thought she was an American. In fact, she fulfilled her civic duty by running for and being elected to the City Council of Adelanto, California. Now she faces deportation for illegally voting.
Meyer came to the United States, from Cuba, when she was one year old. Believing she already was an American citizen, she never filed for citizenship.
After police informed her she was a legal resident, but not actually a citizen, Meyer resigned from the city council. She pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of fraudulent voting (reduced from felony illegal voting), was put on probation, fined and ordered to pay restitution. Immigration officials then showed up at her home an told her to report to the San Bernardino immigration office where they handcuffed, frisked, and put her in jail.
A spokesman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said “she can plead her case before an immigration judge.”
August 26th, 2007 at 6:43 pm
I am married to a foreign national who is in conditional status of residency.We sent
twice the documents to the USCIS to remove the conditionality but twice they rejected
the documents on base on incorrect forms or incorrect fee.
In the meantime,her card expired.
I know that is deportation matter.However,my wife will leave voluntarily the U.S before deportation takes place.We talked and agreed that law must be respected,despite it
destroys our marriage.