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Children living in Minn. without their mother ask Obamas for help
Immigration is a topic that often ignites debate. But, what is lost in rhetoric is basic human truths. Last November, Maria Guadalupe Zamudio was told by immigration officials she would be deported. According to her family she had lapsed on a work visa. She left behind three children, ages 9, 11 and 12. "It's not right what they did to us," 11-year-old son Pablo said. The children have been without their mother, for 6 months and have stayed off and on with an Aunt in Worthington. About a month after the deportation the children, all U.S. citizens, moved to Mexico but were failing in schools because the teachers would not allow them to speak, write or read in English. The mother decided being in the US is what was best for the kids, but the kids, are miserable without their mother. The children do not understand why their country demanded their mother be sent away from them. "Her smile, that is what I miss most about my mom," Pablo said. And so the kids all wrote letters to President Obama and Michelle Obama begging them, to let their mother come back to America. "We want to ask Obama to help us bring our mom back cause we need her, we are just kids," 12-year-old Lalo said. The kids plan to take posters they made and the letters they wrote to the White House Thursday. Each child wrote to the president and the first lady asking what they would do if they lost their own kids. It's a tough argument perhaps not heard before in the oval office. The children left in their tiny van, driven by their aunt, on Wednesday night for Washington D.C. They will travel all night and be on the White House grounds, they say, by Thursday morning.
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