Utah Spelling Bee Champ's Parents Deported
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(KCPW News) Last summer, 13-year-old Kunal Sah's parents were deported to India from Green River, Utah, where they own a motel. Now, the youngster has been selected to represent Utah at the National Spelling Bee.His parents are in immigration limbo and probably will not be able to come for the competition, May 30-31.
KPCW's Julie Rose reported this story today on NPR's Day to Day. Click here to listen.
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1. Anonymo said:
See?!? Now thems ee-legals is takin' away spellin champeenships from Amuriccanz.
2. Ben said:
The hard line is: "The law is the law, and they should be here legally like everybody else." The humanitarian line is: "If they've been here 13 years (I assume their son was born here), they should be given special consideration and help in obtaining at least their green cards, and/or citizenship."