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To be deported for voting

December 25, 2007 at 4:58 am · Filed under News & Update, Politics

This is real and needs immediate action. If you think you can help, please do not hesitate to contact us on my site or at the TJM Contact page.

TJM Author Luci has a problem. Her son received a letter last week, saying he would be deported for lacking moral character. Evidence? After registering for selective service, political campaigners mistakenly explained that he was allowed to vote in a local election because he had registered for selective service.

This young man lacks moral character because a political campaigner told him he could vote, election officials allowed him to vote, and he informed INS officials that he had voted.

Yes, he made a mistake, but it was a mistake that other people had a duty prevent. The campaigner should have known that resident aliens were not authorized to vote, and should not have pressed him into doing so. Election officials should have informed him at the polls that he was not allowed to vote because he was not yet a citizen.

The 26th amendment states that all citizens, 18 years or older, are granted the right to vote. This amendment was passed in 1971. It was proposed because the draft age was 18, but the voting age in some states was 21. People who were not politically represented were drafted and ordered to fight.

Now, this young man, who registered for selective service and could be called to fight and die for the United States, is not only denied the right to vote, he is also facing deportation.

There is nothing fair at all about this deportation.

Luci and her husband have been in the US about 10 years, and are naturalized citizens.

From Luci’s Petition.

~ lu

If anyone has any suggestions for us, please please email me ASAP. We need all the help we can get.

Email: Lucecorner[at]gmail[dot]com

Thank you tonyfor24, for the help in setting it up.

Thanks Xin and Digi for helping to write it.

Thanks for the idea, Antidotes.

Thank you in advance.

I am dying inside.

More details coming, so check back often. I’m looking for various places you can register your opinion, but for right now, the ACLU, Congress, and your local news outlets are good starting points. Make sure you sign Luci’s petition!

If you have any suggestions or want to assist, either leave comments to the original article or write Luci directly at lucecorner(at)gmail(dot)com

Thank you in advance.

Update: 25-12-2007

The notice was sent by:
Richard Gottlieb
Field Office Director
Citizenship and Immigration Services
6139 Tyvola Center Dr
Charlotte, NC 28217

This phone number has been associated with this office:
1-800-375-5283

WCNC is a Charlotte, NC news outlet. Contact information is all the way at the bottom of the page. (I couldn’t figure out direct linking to the page)

The following people are representatives for Luci’s son:

Congresswoman Sue Myrick
Phone: (202) 225-1976
Fax: (202) 225-3389
Phone: (704) 362-1060
Fax: (704) 367-0852
E-mail: myrick@mail.house.gov

Congressman Robin Hayes
Contact via web form
Phone: (202) 225-3715
Fax: (202) 225-4036
Phone: (704) 786-1612
Fax: (704) 782-1004

Congressman Melvin Watt
Contact via web form
Phone: (202) 225-1510
Fax: (202) 225-1512
Phone: (704) 344-9950
Fax: (704) 344-9971

Senator Richard Burr
Contact via web form
Phone: (202) 224-3154
Fax: (202) 228-2981
Phone: (336) 631-5125
Fax: (336) 725-4493

Senator Elizabeth Dole
Contact via web form
Phone: (202) 224-6342
Fax: (202) 224-1100
Phone: (919) 856-4630
Fax: (919) 856-4053

Governor Michael Easley
Phone: (202) 624-5830
Fax: (202) 624-5836

State Senator Malcolm Graham
Malcolmg@ncleg.net
Phone: (919) 733-5650
Fax: (919) 733-3113
Phone: (704) 547-1193

State Congressman Thom Tillis
Thomt@ncleg.net
Phone: (919) 733-5530
Fax: (919) 733-2599
Phone: (704) 248-2980

State Congressman Drew Saunders
Drews@ncleg.net
Phone: (919) 733-5606
Fax: (919) 733-2599
Phone: (704) 875-2738

State Senator Beverly Earle
Beverlye@ncleg.net
Phone: (919) 715-2530
Fax: (919) 733-3113
Phone: (704) 333-7180

Update: 25-12-2007

A new blog entry has been posted on TJM, Here is a way you can chip in on Luci’s legal fund (please click here to find out) . Thank you for your support.

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Luci said,

December 26, 2007 @ 5:37 am

A little background:

I always fought injustices wherever I was. In South Africa I fought against apartheid and became a card carrying member of Nelson Mandela’s African National Congress (the current ruling party); when it was still illegal, and Mr Mandela was still in jail. I risked my freedom (and very much my life), when I went to a secret place late one night and met with them to become a member.

When we had the groundbreaking election I was in charge of a group of 200 people at the City Hall of Pretoria North. The goodwill between all people were amazing to experience. My children had me as an example of how to be involved since their birth.

As a student I marched in Pretoria, South Africa against the police state we were living in. I marched in Washington and London against GWB’s illegal war in Iraq. I fought for gay rights; whenever I believed people were treated unfairly, I tried to make a difference.

My other son marched with the Palestiians in Israel against the occupation of the West Bank.

I taught my children that having compassion was more important than material possessions. I taught them to be socially compassionate people. Erhard (my son who is facing deportation), often brought home homeless children. Two of these children stayed with us for years and still call me mom.

I taught them never to judge people by appearances but to look at the heart. I taught them not to just be a name on a piece of paper, but to TAKE action.

Today, even with this terrible threat hanging over our heads, I still believe I did the right thing. Erhard was only to happy when he was told he could vote, because I taught them one can change the world, one person at a time.

Not once did it cross my mind that I would have to fight for my own flesh and blood.

We as a family need all the help and support you can offer.

Luci

mathilda said,

December 29, 2007 @ 3:00 am

Personally, I find some of the things you write here in your plea astounding. Having known you when you just came to this country, almost ten years ago now, and having known how you despised and criticized everything american (the place, the people, how people looked, EVERYTHING!), I am surprised that you and Rudi are “naturalized citizens of the USA now. You wer nothing but negative about the USA in general. Why didn’t you apply on behalf of Erhard to become a citizen at the same time? Or did he plan to leave the country, like his brother did, long ago?

Quoted from your petition: “We are all good and honest people and just wish to keep our family together in this beautiful country.” . Yes, Rudi is a genuinely nice guy, a what-you-see-is-is-what-you-get kinda guy. You, Christa, HATED this country with a passion. To the extent that most other South Africans distanced themselves from you, because it was so detrimental to our wellbeing to be in your presence.

I am sure there is more to this than you tell in your petition. Erhard was a smart, astute young man, he would not have made a mistake about voting, as you state.

Just my opinion.
Mathilda

Lola said,

December 30, 2007 @ 8:27 pm

*most other South Africans distanced themselves from you, because it was so detrimental to our wellbeing to be in your presence.*

There are others then? I thought I was the only one in the universe and have suffered since months beating myself up, trying to figure out what was wrong with me.

This is a huge relief, thank you Mathilda.

Hoping Erhard and his family will be fine though with my whole heart.

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