She's through. CBP at JFK let her through with no problems.

[AZLD4Candidate]

No American should go through this.

This war on immigrants is destroying families.

[pandr32]

1. That's a welcome relief.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Thanks for letting us know! I am so relieved and happy for you both!

[hlthe2b]

3. I think she may have been fortunate to come through JFK. I might have had more concerns coming through

some of the other airports. Miami? Atlanta-Hartsfield? Dallas?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. Thank you for the update,

very glad she was able to make it through.

[chowmama]

5. whew!!!

[Norbert]

6. Good.

[Biophilic]

7. You're right, no American should have to go through this, but...

neither should other people who aren't criminals or terrorists. So glad your wife is through and safe.

[sinkingfeeling]

8. Great news.

[maxsolomon]

9. No American should have to go through Customs?

I thought your wife was a Chinese national.

Do you mean you shouldn't have to go through this ordeal?

[AZLD4Candidate]

38. No American should need to worry if their green card holding spouse will be denied entry at the border

No American should need to be scared that the government is going to separate their family because an Orange Nazi empowers and unaccountable agency with 100% power under poorly written laws to deny immigration and cancel visas (and yes, a green card is a visa. It's an immigrant visa known as an IR1 or a CR1 depending on the length of marriage when applied).

Are you going to go down this rabbit hole with me because no American, nor foreign spouse of an American, should need to worry if they will see their loved ones again simply because the foreign spouse wanted to visit their family in another country.

As for Americans going through customs. . .this is immigration, not customs. And I think i'm done speaking to you.

[maxsolomon]

45. Just confused by your statements.

I've always been supportive of your tribulations with this issue. Go back and look.

But OK, fine, bye.

[Conjuay]

65. I am real tired of the deliberately obtuse.

and there seems to be quite a bit of it here.

[maxsolomon]

67. The OP didn't make sense to me, so I asked a clarifying question.

Go ahead and put me on ignore if you're really tired.

[Iris]

10. Big sigh of relief

And you're right - no American should go through this

[ShazzieB]

11. So glad to hear this!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Kick!

[bamagal62]

13. Whew!

Great news!

[Initech]

14. If we ever get out of this, the GOP and Fox need to pay DEARLY.

And a good lot of them need to see maximum security prison sentences for the rest of their sorry lives.

[sdfernando]

15. I'm so happy for all of you! /nt

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. Excellent! (I know that's a load off your mind...) nt

[Sogo]

17. Thank goodness it didn't destroy your family!

Welcome home.

[JCMach1]

18. Was a pain in the best of times- so glad the tough part is over

For you guys

[1WorldHope]

19. Hallelujah.

Thank you both for surviving and thriving.

[Totally Tunsie]

20. Congratulations! That's wonderful news.

I know you've both worked and waited for this for a long time. May you have a loving life together!

[highplainsdem]

21. Thank goodness!

[people]

22. Good to hear

You 2 should celebrate tonight. Happy for both of you.

[Easterncedar]

23. I am so relieved!

[littlemissmartypants]

24. A huge collective sigh of relief just came your way!

All the best to you and your bride!

[Grumpy Old Guy]

25. Great news!

[niyad]

26. Excellent news! Can you draw breath now?

[tulipsandroses]

27. That is fantastic news !! Happy for both of you!!

You are right. No one should have to go through this terror.
Republican family values eh???

[JMCKUSICK]

28. YAY!

[benfranklin1776]

29. So relieved and happy for you!

But you’re damn right: no one should have to go through such hell 😡

[Deep State Witch]

30. Whew!

Great news!

[frogstar0]

31. So sorry that you have to worry about it.

Everyone is on edge about everything. TACO makes everything he touches die and makes everyone worse.

[Conjuay]

32. this is the first smile today!

it’s funny how you can hear the tension in someone’s write words.I’m happy for you both.

[mountain grammy]

33. Thank goodness!

we could all use some good news... have a wonderful evening!

[calimary]

34. GREAT news!

Hopefully now you can both breathe easier.

[Fla Dem]

35. What a relief. Glad for both of you.

[nycbos]

36. I feel like I am missing something here.

[AZLD4Candidate]

42. What do you feel you are missing

[nycbos]

47. The context of your post

"She's through. CBP at JFK let her through with no problems."


But somebody already explained so I think I got it now.

[reACTIONary]

43. AZ has had a lot of headwinds and obstacles....

. .. getting his foreign born wife permanent residency / citizenship.

[nycbos]

46. Got you thanks

[IbogaProject]

59. This was good news for us to hear !!

She is his Wife and she is from China

He had difficulties getting her naturalized previously.

I don't remember all the details, but I hope that is a simple summary.

[nycbos]

64. Got it

I was unaware of the background.

Good news, indeed.

[Tanuki]

37. That's wonderful news, but I thought she was already here, settling

in with you, getting her driver's license, etc. Did she go back to China? I apparently missed a chapter in the saga. I searched DU but couldn't find out.

[AZLD4Candidate]

44. She went home to visit parents and family for the last six weeks.

[Arazi]

39. So stressful. I'm not sure I'd test that luck again though

Does she have to leave the country again while Traitor is in office?

[KentuckyWoman]

40. My friend cancelled her trip

She's a German citizen Green card holder. Married to active duty over 30 yrs. Evrry summer she goes to spend a month with family in Grrmany.

She cancelled her trip this year nervous they won't let her back in. Sounds insane but it is happening.

[reACTIONary]

41. Thank goodness! What a relief!

[Bev54]

48. I would be worried they will come get her later.

[Karadeniz]

49. Yay !!!!! Thanks for letting us know !!!

[surfered]

50. Great!

[Ellipsis]

51. cool.

[AllaN01Bear]

52. ""

:whew:

[iluvtennis]

53. Awesome news! 🙏

[indigoth]

54. Excellent news.

Nm

[DSandra]

55. The war on immigrants is a war on the heart of America

The heart of America is its friendliness to immigrants, not fascist white nativism.

[Trueblue Texan]

56. I know you are so relieved. I am.

Congratulations on having your family back together.

[barbtries]

57. I bet

that was the sweetest hug. Very happy for you.

[Figarosmom]

58. Good 👍

Thanks for the update.

No one should have to go through such anguish.

[Rhiannon12866]

60. Thanks for sharing your great news!

[Exp]

61. Greta ???? Got through??? Who doesn't LOVE Greta and her passion for justice?

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[niyad]

66. OP is referring to his wife.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

62. Who is CBP?

Charles Baldwin Preset? Cruz Bryan Porter? Conner Benjamin Place?

Help me out here.

[DFW]

63. Customs and Border Protection

They used to be separate agencies but wrre combined into one about twenty years ago.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

68. Would it be so hard to give the actual name of the agency?

Really, many of us don't know specific agency initials. I could give many such, from previous jobs. And you'd have no clue what I might bew referring to. Just as in the header here: CBP? I do know JFK, but CBP?

Please, please, please, spell out what you intend to tell. Because most of us haven't a clue what you are referring to. Trust me on that. Please always tell us what you are referring to.

And I'm not just trashing you, but hoping a lot of DUers will see this and do a head smack and say, "Oh, yes, I'm sorry, let me explain this."

[DFW]

69. I wasn't the one who brought it up!

Don’t shoot the messenger. I just offered an explanation as to what it stood for.

Of course, some abbreviations will be second nature to those who use them with great frequency, which is why I know CBP, I have patience for those who use such abbreviations, just as I ask their patience to explain them if it’s an abbreviation I don’t know.

Europeans are obsessed with abbreviations, even in their news broadcasts. The Germans would refer to Brezhnyev as the “GS des ZK der KP der UdSSR.” It stood for General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and they expected the whole nation to know what they were talking about (and they did!). In the USA, accountants think you’re from another planet if you don’t know what a 1099 is. Until I actually needed to file one myself, I had no idea what they meant, either.

Even inside my own place of employment, when I asked if they could make a time-sensitive payment for me, for which I would send a check to cover it, they said sure, no problem, they would just 1175 it. Right, what in the world does that mean? How does one “1175” something? Well, to them, it meant they would pay some private charge an employee needed paid, and intended to repay the company ASAP. Ah, OK, got it. How the hell was I supposed to know that they had encoded such accounts payable as “1175?”

If you THINK everybody knows what your abbreviation means, have the good graces to explain it if someone doesn’t. But if someone uses an abbreviation that is so second nature to them, it doesn’t occur to them that someone doesn’t understand, don’t assume they are doing it to confuse you. It just might not have occurred to them that someone might have been confused.