Getting the flock out of here - a diary of a crazy chicken man

[Tomtommom]

Thanks! He's from Azores, Portugal.

A lot of people were impacted by those changes in 1996. A lot of immigrants found themselves on the slate for deportation, many of them for crimes they committed years and years prior. Most of them had successfully turned their lives around, but for most, it didn't matter. Because the US Constitution does not protect immigrants, they were subject to the retroactive application of the law. It was (and still is) a mess.

And USCIS isn't doing anything to really alleviate the issue, either. If anything, they are looking to close the loopholes that some, like my husband, were using to be able to stay. My husband had his felony vacated due to not having his alien rights read to him at trial. Course, when he was in trouble, there wasn't really a need to read the alien rights because his specific charge would not have resulted in deportation at that time.

In the last couple of years, USCIS has moved to close that loophole and is now saying that, even if your felony was vacated, you *may* still be deported. It was a difficult decision, whether or not to keep him on his LPR card, or to expose himself to deportation by applying for citizenship.

5 years ago, when he applied, he was denied on a technicality. We felt completely sucker-punched. We could have appealed, at a significant cost. We decided to wait the five years and reapply.

We didn't think he'd get it this time either...and were shocked when they approved. We're so so thankful its over with. He never has to worry about being deported again. *phew*

What a story.... My goodness, I am glad I have not dealt with any of that.

What gets me EVERY time, is that people don't believe I am an immigrant. It's really a little sad, but in the South, the idea is that all immigrants look latino and speak broken English.

I've done my share of burning hoop jumping, although it was mostly just dealing with the legalese paperwork (I did everything myself, no attorney). The closest I got to being at risk for deportation what when I got married. We wanted to do the whole justice of the peace thing on Halloween, wearing silly costumes. Turns out, it was smack dab in the middle of judge/justice elections and they were all FAR too busy to actually do their job

I got married on November 4th, with only 15 days to spare on my fiancee visa. WAY too close for comfort. I was sick, had a fever.. didn't even bother to wear my dress. Worst wedding ever, atleast we both laughed at it..

We've divorced 6 years later, rather amicably. I was 22 and he just turned 19 when we got married.. Young folks doing stupid things

Everything happens for a reason though and I like to think we really helped eachother become the people we are, for better or worse. He's living the bachelor life and I've got kiddo's now (not his), I like to think we both got what we wanted in the end.

 

[ozexpat]

What a story.... My goodness, I am glad I have not dealt with any of that.

What gets me EVERY time, is that people don't believe I am an immigrant. It's really a little sad, but in the South, the idea is that all immigrants look latino and speak broken English.

I've done my share of burning hoop jumping, although it was mostly just dealing with the legalese paperwork (I did everything myself, no attorney). The closest I got to being at risk for deportation what when I got married. We wanted to do the whole justice of the peace thing on Halloween, wearing silly costumes. Turns out, it was smack dab in the middle of judge/justice elections and they were all FAR too busy to actually do their job

I got married on November 4th, with only 15 days to spare on my fiancee visa. WAY too close for comfort. I was sick, had a fever.. didn't even bother to wear my dress. Worst wedding ever, atleast we both laughed at it..

We've divorced 6 years later, rather amicably. I was 22 and he just turned 19 when we got married.. Young folks doing stupid things

Everything happens for a reason though and I like to think we really helped eachother become the people we are, for better or worse. He's living the bachelor life and I've got kiddo's now (not his), I like to think we both got what we wanted in the end.

i was "busted" with an undocumented immigrant in my car in PA once. I was just as much an immigrant as him but I was not asked for documentation. The irony at the time was i knew more illegal English and Irish than I did Latino.

 

[Sweetpea3829]

Funny enough, when my husband and I took the kids to Niagara Falls, HE was able to cross the border without a hitch! He showed his LPR card and that was that. Me, on the other hand, born in the US, they gave me a heck of a time because I only had my license and birth certificate.

They did let me cross, but they weren't happy about it.

 

[piglett]

The US doesn't like immigrants with guns either

my understanding is that legal immigrant to the US can buy a firearm & get a carry permit if he/she likes
my wife who is from the Philippines has already been shooting a couple of times
she found that she could shoot most anything but my 12ga pump shotgun was a bit much for her small size
i'm thinking a 20 ga pump will better suit her


piglett

 

[ozexpat]

my understanding is that legal immigrant to the US can buy a firearm & get a carry permit if he/she likes
my wife who is from the Philippines has already been shooting a couple of times
she found that she could shoot most anything but my 12ga pump shotgun was a bit much for her small size
i'm thinking a 20 ga pump will better suit her


piglett

ATF SAYS ITS UP TO THE STATE.

In Cali its a no.

 

[piglett]

ATF SAYS ITS UP TO THE STATE.

In Cali its a no.

i have never heard anything about that
it's not on the NH state carry permit form

 

[Sweetpea3829]

I wasn't aware that a legal immigrant could not hold a gun permit either. Huh.

We're still trying to figure out of my husband is now eligible, or ever will be eligible to have a gun permit. He's always wanted to hunt, but never wanted to take the chance of having a weapon (any kind, bow or otherwise) on his person.

Now that he's a citizen, we may pursue those options for him. Still not sure if he can because of the felony weapons possession, even though that was vacated.

Honestly, I don't really care to have a weapon in the house anyways. I have four children...there's just too much risk, imo.

 

[ozexpat]

If that is all the chicken chicks I am not sure I see any male cream legbars at all.
The chipmunk-strped chick in the bottom right of the last pic looks like a female cream legbar. If it is not the same chick as in pic 2 on the left you should have 2 females . If the same chick, and the only "tan" chick came from a blue egg it could just be a very light boy CL if it has a white splodge on its head, but more likely an "ameraubar" (wheaten ameraucana x CL).

i think the chipmunk is a brown leghorn

 

[Tomtommom]

Funny enough, when my husband and I took the kids to Niagara Falls, HE was able to cross the border without a hitch! He showed his LPR card and that was that. Me, on the other hand, born in the US, they gave me a heck of a time because I only had my license and birth certificate.

They did let me cross, but they weren't happy about it.

My mom passed away a few months ago, and we considered flying over for the funeral. I tried to pull som strings to get an emergency passport for my fiance. In his 33 years on this planet, he had never gotten one. It's just so odd to me that Americans don't generally have a passport. I've had a passport since I was 12.. then again, I had already been across half of Europe by the time I was 12. The US is so big, a lot of folks simply never need a passport.

In the end, we did not go, for a variety of reasons. But it's one of those things I simply had never considered. We always spoke about the 'what ifs' of my mom passing (although we expected it to be much further down the road), not once did passports come to mind.



Somewhat relevant. Oz. My fiance is wondering if you don't need papers to move all those eggs, or if customs aren't as anal about animal products. I know getting any sort of animal product into the US is near impossible (my mother smuggled me some canned meats once

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[Phage]

i think the chipmunk is a brown leghorn

Then....... the white chicks are recessive white cream legbars. Wow, I have only had 2/14 white chicks hatch since then.

They are hard to sex at hatch (it is possible when you have seen about 30), but sex is pretty obvious by 5 weeks.

Maybe the whites are better suited to the local environment

. They are still crested and lay blue eggs.