To: The New York State House, The New York State Senate, and Governor Andrew Cuomo
Help return Igor back to his family!
Please help our friend Igor Kuznetsov, get back to his family from immigration detention. He is being unlawfully detained and his green card revoked because of his trouble with the law as a teenager 15 years ago. This came up suddenly when he applied for his citizenship interview.
Why is this important?
This is a violation of human rights! We want Igor back to his family!
Our friend, Igor Kuznetsov, has been arrested and detained by immigration. Igor is a green card holder and his wife and children are US citizens. Igor applied for his citizenship and his criminal history as a teenager came up. He was young, he was stupid and it happened one time and he learned his lesson. He plead guilty, served a few months of his probation and was over and done with it. He didn't hurt anyone, this was not a violent crime at all. He paid his dues to society. It was 15 YEARS AGO!!!
He is now a husband and a father of three kids, with a stable job as an MTA bus driver for the City of New York. His wife and he had recently bought a house and now he so suddenly has been torn away from them! This is not some career criminal, this is a family man who did something stupid as a kid. Why does he have to pay for it twice? Why does his family, his wife and his children have to pay? Why didn't they tell him 15 years ago : " By the way, don't start a family, don't live a normal life, cause we'll come back to get you!"? Or is it too difficult to chase after real criminals that need to be deported, and it's oh so easy when people like Igor come straight into your hands for a citizenship interview? Igor's next court hearing is scheduled for March, 2016! THAT'S 6 MONTHS!!! How is his family supposed to handle this? How can a father be so easily torn away from his children? How can a hard working man that provides for his family be just taken away and his family left struggling? It makes no sense!!! Igor has to be with his family, hearing his little girl say her first words, not away in jail! What is the purpose of keeping him there? He only wants to be with his family.
Please sign our petition and help us to bring Igor's story out there. People need to know that the government can just do that, rip people away from their families. Their own American citizen families. Help us bring Igor home!
Our friend, Igor Kuznetsov, has been arrested and detained by immigration. Igor is a green card holder and his wife and children are US citizens. Igor applied for his citizenship and his criminal history as a teenager came up. He was young, he was stupid and it happened one time and he learned his lesson. He plead guilty, served a few months of his probation and was over and done with it. He didn't hurt anyone, this was not a violent crime at all. He paid his dues to society. It was 15 YEARS AGO!!!
He is now a husband and a father of three kids, with a stable job as an MTA bus driver for the City of New York. His wife and he had recently bought a house and now he so suddenly has been torn away from them! This is not some career criminal, this is a family man who did something stupid as a kid. Why does he have to pay for it twice? Why does his family, his wife and his children have to pay? Why didn't they tell him 15 years ago : " By the way, don't start a family, don't live a normal life, cause we'll come back to get you!"? Or is it too difficult to chase after real criminals that need to be deported, and it's oh so easy when people like Igor come straight into your hands for a citizenship interview? Igor's next court hearing is scheduled for March, 2016! THAT'S 6 MONTHS!!! How is his family supposed to handle this? How can a father be so easily torn away from his children? How can a hard working man that provides for his family be just taken away and his family left struggling? It makes no sense!!! Igor has to be with his family, hearing his little girl say her first words, not away in jail! What is the purpose of keeping him there? He only wants to be with his family.
Please sign our petition and help us to bring Igor's story out there. People need to know that the government can just do that, rip people away from their families. Their own American citizen families. Help us bring Igor home!