Anonymous - Georgia

My husband came to America almost twenty years ago as an 18 year old with the idea he would make more than enough money to send home to take care of his ailing mother and his older sister.  He has crossed the river and grabbed on to the American Dream.  I met my husband 10 years ago and fell instantly in love with him.  He says the same about me.  I had a four year old son and had just left a very bad relationship.  Ten years later We have two beautiful, smart, healthy children who worship their father and I thank god every day that my husband walked into my life. We have a nice home, good schools for our children, and live a seemingly normal American life. But, We go to sleep every night thanking god for allowing us one more day to have been together.  Because we know that any day there could be a knock on the door taking my husband away from us. He crossed illegally. He has never had a “green card”.  We haved talked to many lawyers and they all say he has to go back for at least 10 years and then apply to come to America. That is not now, nor will that ever be an option to him.  In the last 10 years we have been away from each other a grand total of 33 days (he has kept count) there is no way he would ever consider leaving his family behind and never would he allow our children to grow up in the proverty he had to grow up in.  My husband has been in the United States longer than he ever lived in Mexico.  He considers this his home. To take him from us would be as if you were cutting our hearts out. It hurts to think that the very breath of my life could be snatched from me at any time.  I live with this constant fear every day that someone will find out and take him from me. It is not a good feeling.