Global Justice and gardening tips offered to Guatemalans
Guatemalans have been getting an unfair shake in the U.S.– or at least they’ve had trouble with a justice system that doesn’t speak Guatemalan.
Now, the Guatemalan government wants to help by creating a website for its citizens facing legal issues in the U.S. The website, www.palmigua.com, provides contacts for legal representation, in particular, for those citizens who may want help with immigration issues.
According to organizers, more than 20,000 people have sought help through the site. The site may also consider adding tips on keeping an American’s lawn green, shrub pruning advice and google map views of the best place to sell oranges on street corners in Southern California — though those items have not been officially announced.
Providing good legal advice, monitoring civil rights and acting as a watchdog for an under represented group, however, could help and do some good. Here’s one of the best examples of the work of Global Justice, as provided by the group.
“Among the most high-profile cases handled by Global Justice is that of Guatemalan Maria Luis who was living in Nebraska. Ms. Luis was deported from the U.S., while she simultaneously lost custody of her children who were put up for adoption in the U.S. as a result of her detention and deportation.
“The prompt intervention of the Guatemalan Foreign Relations Ministry, via their consular representatives, and Global Justice, successfully resulted in a landmark Nebraska Supreme Court decision overturning a lower court termination of her parental rights because of her deportation. In a unanimous decision, the Nebraska Supreme Court reunited Ms. Luis with her children and set legal precedence in family separation cases. Just this week, on December 14, Maria Luis arrived in Nebraska to join her children.”
Welcome home.
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