WWYD? Family history event vs. intense 10th grade classes

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First I would let her decide and not push it either way and second, I would make the trip as short as possible. My rising 10th grader is taking 4 APs and 2 honors classes and would not willingly miss a week of school for anything.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems odd that neither you and your husband can’t make something so important but you want to send your busy high schooler. Plus it sounds like she’s not that keen anyway. Let her stay home. The other adult going can record the ceremony to share with the family.

OP here. Not odd - we're applying for our green card and are not allowed to leave the US while it's processing. Otherwise I'd go!

I just posted and then read this. No way should you send your minor child out of the country if you are not yet a citizen. There is a lot of craziness going on. I would be afraid she could have trouble getting back into the country.

OP here. But she's a US citizen. She shouldn't have any problems, right?

Key word being "shouldn't ".

I wouldn't send her. It's too much to miss at school, plus ANY potential issues coming home. Can't the event be live streamed?

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My kids took full AP load each year and could have missed a week of school, esp in October, but their main sports seasons were spring so they had a little more wiggle time to make up work than if they’d been in the thick of the primary season of their sport. Only exception to this was maybe senior year since they were also working on their college apps then and were applying ED and EA.

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Anonymous wrote:What work do you do that you’ve had work visas for two decades? I thought they were supposed to be for a term.

OP here. Scientific research. And no, people can be on visas all their lives, they just need to provide documentation that satisfies the terms of that particular visa, whenever they're up for renewal. There are hoops to jump through, of course, and money to pay. Generally the visa sponsor hires the attorney.

My son has high school friends with similar family situations—parents on green cards/visas and kids born here and those families are terrified that they are all going to be deported over a past paper work mistake or speeding ticket or something else minor. No one is leaving the country because they might not ever get back in.

Meanwhile, OP is like “la-Dee-dah I’m just worried about my daughter’s math test…oohhh or jet lag…”

Because US citizens cannot be deported, duh.

US citizens are illegally being detained

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kenny-laynez-arrest-you-have-no-rights-interview/