Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihwpt.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihwpt!wiso From: wiso@ihwpt.UUCP (Jack Wisowaty) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.legal,net.politics Subject: Re: ACLU and Parent's Rights Message-ID: <488@ihwpt.UUCP> Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 11:38:12 EDT Article-I.D.: ihwpt.488 Posted: Mon Sep 30 11:38:12 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 2-Oct-85 08:43:20 EDT References: <11821@rochester.UUCP> <1679@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.kids:2117 net.legal:2406 net.politics:11270 > In article <11821@rochester.UUCP> ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank) writes: > > >>> When that 15 yr. old Russian boy wanted to stay in America and not leave > >>> the country with his parents several years ago, the ACLU said he must > >>> go back. > > >> I don't agree that the boy should've been forced to go back to Russia. > >> (What's the whole story of the ACLU's involvement in this case, anyway?) > > >I don't know anything more than that the ACLU said it was unconstitutional > >for the immigration department to give permission to the boy to stay here > >against his parent's wishes. > > If I remember correctly, the boy in question turned 18 over the summer, > throwing a tremendous monkey wrench into the case. > When Walter Polavchak (sp?) turns 18 this October it will not throw a monkey wrench into anything. His battle will be won. As a legal adult he will have every right to stay in the US and apply for American citizenship. Polavchak's lawyers successfully stalled legal proceedings until the outcome of those proceedings became a mute point. Good luck to him! Jack Wisowaty Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com