"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future"
That verse has been my lifesaver these past four weeks. It has been the hardest past four weeks of my entire life. On August 10th Melvin was arrested for not showing up to court three years ago. The only reason he was arrested the first time was because we had a very racist Hoover cop. Melvin and I were leaving the pool and he was going to throw a beer away but since the trash can he was going to was outside the fence it was now considered "open container in public". Pleasant Officer Cole, the bane of my existence, was the rudest person I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. He cussed me out and accused me of doing drugs. Another cop came (because Hoover cops can't do anything by themselves) and Officer Cole told him to search my car without asking me if they could. Of course they did not find anything. The nicer cop informed me that "anytime they see a black or white girl with an Hispanic man they will automatically pull them over because they think it's either prostitution or drugs". That's Hoover cops for ya.
Sorry I got on a tangent. So they arrested Melvin on Friday 8/10 which was two days after his birthday and two days before our second anniversary. Melvin was not doing anything when they pulled him over. He was walking down the road after I dropped him off and they just pulled him over. They informed me that even if I paid the $800 bond that I would not be able to get him because immigration has a hold on him. We got an attorney and he said that we should pay the bond because it would get the process moving because he would be moved to immigration custody anyways. He went into immigration custody in Homewood on Wednesday. They then send him to Louisiana and he got there on Friday. Our attorney said that he has an order of deportation and there is not much we can do. All we can do is file an stay of removal which would allow him to stay here another 6 months while we file the Visa application if they deny it though then he will be going back to Honduras. We wrote letters on his behalf and have been waiting and waiting for an answer but so far all we have gotten is a deportation scare last Sunday. They told him they were going to deport him Sunday night/Monday morning. Then last minute they told him that he was the only one he was not deporting to Honduras. This roller coaster they are putting us through is crazy and tiring.
So that is what my past four weeks has been like. It has been so super hard being a single mom and a full time student. Classes started a week after Melvin left. Not going to lie, Melvin is the main parent. I watch Allie during the day but as soon as he gets home he takes over and does everything. Without him Allie and I are so loss. My heart aches everyday. Especially when Allie looks for Melvin. It just doesn't seem right that someone could rip a family apart like that.
I will try to post a happier post later and I will keep y'all updated!
