Here is the inditement:
http://cnninsession.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/yoselyn-ortega-indictment.pdf
I question why the immigration consequences are attached to this indictment. Did anyone else notice that?
Yes, I noticed that too. Sorry if this has already been answered, but what is her immigration status?
It was reported YO became a naturalized citizen approx 10 years ago. From what I can remember that info came from her family, not an official in the government.
Here is the site stating how to become a US citizen .
http://www.uscis.gov/files/article/M-476.pdf
YO's ex- husband said they divorced in 2001. We're they living in the DR at that time? The DR court is the one who demanded that YO's husband pay child support. Supposedly he lives in Long Island now and drives a taxi.
I don't think there is anyway possible for YO to have been a US citizen for the last 10 yrs. if you read the link, the requirements involve living in the US as a permanent resident for 5 years before applying for citizenship. Page 18 on the link above.
Where I am getting confused is in this statement about a DR Judge. Why wouldn't a US Judge have been involved if they were living in NY? Can someone get a divorce in a country where they are not citizens?
Investigators tracked down Jesus father, Leno, a Dominican native who lives in Inwood and drives a taxi.
He and Ortega separated amicably in 2001 and he had no ill will toward her, and although he said he rarely saw Ortega, they "had no problems between them," sources said.
"He was shocked by what happened," a source said. "He had no idea what demons were raging."
Leno told officials that he had dutifully sent $140 a month in child support to his son in the Dominican Republic. The figure, he said, was established by a Dominican judge. He also regularly visited his son there. He stopped having to pay child support when his son moved to New York, as Ortega didn't petition a city court to require Leno make payments here.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...-krims-money-son-new-york-city_n_2104157.html
My mind is trying to figure out why the Immigration statement was included in YO's indictment. You are so correct, she might have obtained her citizenship after she left her son in the DR.
Perhaps the son does not have US citizenship?
Just curious. Why is this thread in the parking lot and not Crimes in the News? :waitasec:
Because one of WS regular posters lives in the building and saw the nanny/kids shortly before this happened. She has been identified in the media.