Rebekah Hubley

‘You won’t take my son’: Mom fights to keep adopted son from being deported

• Rebekah Hubley said she received a letter Dec. 7 from USCIS stating that her son Jonas Wendel Brice Hubleys petition for alien relative was denied and that Jonas, who is currently 17, would be deported back to Haiti in January 2024.The Hubleys already have three biological children, and their oldest is blind. Rebekah Hubley says that when they saw Jonas profile through the adoption agency and read that he was visually impaired, it felt like fate.In October 2009, the Hubleys went back to Haiti to sign adoption paperwork with a judge and social services. Rebekah Hubley says they were told she would have to come back with Jonas in February or March 2010 to finish the last of the paperwork for the Haitian government. Then, theyd be allowed to You think, Oh my gosh, this is great. Everything is amazing, Rebekah Hubley said. Then, you think, What do we do? But a lot of the adoption agencies werent sure. No one really knew.Then, they waitfor two more years. Rebekah Hubley says during that time, they worked with Rep. Jim Banks office to try and get information on the process of their paperwork. The USCIS told Banks and Rebekah Hubley that they had the paperwork, and it would be processed in the order it was received.Hes been with us for 15 years. Hes been adopted for 13 years. Its finally going to be over, Rebekah Hubley said. This nightmare is going to be over. Then, December 7th, I got the envelope in the mail.One of those shares got the attention of the Whicker family in Kendallville. They reached out to Rebekah Hubley, who says they are paying for an immigration attorney, Kelly Dempsey. A family friend has also started a GoFundMe page to help with expenses.
• Date: Dec 25, 2023
• Category: U.S.
• Source: Google