Zoila Meyer who came here when she was 1 just found out she is only a “legal resident” but not a citizen. When her parents brought her with them from Cuba they always told her she was a U.S. citizen. Some would say she has been living the American dream; marrying her high school sweetheart, raising their four children, working on a college education and, in fact, she was serving as city councilwoman for the City Council of Adelanto, a town in Southern California. It was not until the Gestapo decided to turn her dream into a nightmare. Meyer is now facing charges for illegally voting in the 2004 elections and is now facing deportation. She is a mother of four it looks like she now stay at one of America’s concentration camp.
Tuesday’s arrest stems from the 2004 election.
Meyer ran for – and won – a seat for Adelanto City Council where she served for 10 weeks before resigning after a family member raised questions regarding her legal status.
While it is not illegal for an illegal immigrant to register to vote — it is if they actually do vote.
Meyer has long contended that she was unaware of her illegal citizenship status.
“This whole process is not my fault. They ask, ‘How can you not know you’re not a citizen?’ But if you’re parents don’t tell you this, you don’t know,” she said. “It’s like kids who don’t find out until they’re adults that they were adopted. We believe what we are told.”
She and her husband, Kenneth, have four children: Peter, 5; Kennedy, 6; Waylon, 12; and Meaghan, 16.
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“This is my home. This is where my family is. This is where I have built my life. How can you pick me out of a crowd and tell me you’re taking it all from me,” she asked.
Here is the real messed up thing about Meyer, it wasn’t like the Gestapo was looking for her, it was one her in-laws who reported her to la Migra. I kid you not. When she was elected to city council, “a member of her husband’s family who dislikes Meyer contacted officials and told them she was born in Cuba.” Now that is some fucked up shit, there. Not only do you have to watch your back, but you have to watch your front too because even nativist family members will turn your ass in, in a heart beat.
The only thing that Gestapo can say about this case is that even though “the case is unusual … immigration officials were just doing their job” Lori Haley, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told reporters.
“People are arrested on immigration charges from all walks of life,” she said. “She can plead her case before an immigration judge, if she feels that she has reason to seek release for removal. … Everybody has due process when they’re arrested.”
Yeah, right! I just cannot say it any better than how Meyer put it –
“I see people writing ‘This is my country.’ It really isn’t. It belongs to the government and they decide who stays and who goes. You think you’re free; you’re really not.”