Its over.

This morning, approx 10am, my mother was granted “Relief” from deportation proceedings. She was deemed as someone who has contributed to the good of the state, and the country, and that removal from the United States is not what should happen to her. The terms are funny, and that we have to SEEK releif from deportation, instead of some other term makes my head spin a little.

At this time she is still waiting to get her passport back (takes a week+ to dig it out of the vault apparently…), and at that point she is as free and and able to do anything she wants to at any time, as though the threat of deportation was not hanging over her head any more ;) .

The hour of court time was stressful, scary, but in the end a great relief.
I’ve never imagined that I would need to hear the words from our government that my mother, of all people, would be “… Allowed to stay in the United States.”

My emotions through this process have been, across the spectrum, to say the least. Ranging from sadness, dispair, rage, frustration, confusion, anger… you name it.

Today, despite my rather rabid attitudes about the way our country is being run today, I found solace in the judicial system that we have. While the rules that exist that caught my mother, I feel are very strict, and the people enforcing them are just a few steps away from high school bullies… That when it comes down to it, we have a system, that while imperfect, allows for the presentation of the case to defend your self. We are on the far end spectrum of luck and circumstance with the gracious patronage we’ve received in this chain of events, but that even with out that luck and gift, that we had a chance to present our case in front of a judge, who would hear our argument and make a fair judgment on the issue, is a blessing that no American can afford to forget.

On one hand this reassures my faith in the system we live in.
On the other it makes me even more upset people don’t realize how lucky we are to live in a country with the laws and system it has.

Today though, politics aside. is a great day. And I’m so happy. So very very happy.