Recently, my loving wife Maite (Mai for short) was turned over to US immigration and is now facing deportation. Even though both I and our children are US Citizens she runs the risk of being deported from the country, possibly for a lengthy period of time due to some unclear events in her immigration history. Meanwhile we are doing everything we can to keep her here in the U.S. and fight for our right as a family to be together. She is a loving and helpful person who was forced by poverty and persecution to come to this country a long time ago and has since given me the gift of our wonderful family.
Our children, Nidia and Lucas
She is currently waiting for an interview with immigration to determine the validity of her case and meanwhile has to stay in a detention facility away from our family. She can only accept visits on weekends and we have to pay for her to make outbound calls.
We've hired a good law office to handle her case and I've put some money in her accounts so she can make phone calls and buy bottled water at the facility she is staying at. The costs of her case are piling up, and while I'm not poor by any means these costs may be more than I can afford to pay. This is why I'm reaching out to all of you, to see if everyone can contribute a little bit to try and make sure we do everything we can to bring Mai home. If you are able, please make a donation by clicking on the donate button on the top right of the page. Every little bit helps no matter what amount. If you're not able to make a donation then please share our website with your friends, strength in numbers! You can find links to spread the word on the right using facebook/twitter. Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated!
Tell your friends to come to http://www.bringmaihome.blogspot.com or tinyurl.com/helpmai. You can find our facebook page and follow us on twitter.
You may have questions about why she was picked up by immigration, what costs we need to cover or what our financial goals are among other questions so stay tuned as I'll be adding more posts and information in the coming days. For now if you have questions you can leave a comment or email us at
bringmaihome [at] gmail [dot] com
Thank you for reading our story and please consider helping my family.
Thank you, T.J. Barbour
