Showing posts with label Deportation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Deportation. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Teresa Giudice REFUSES to Let Bravo Film Joe"s Deportation Appeal

As Joe Giudice faces almost certain deportation, Teresa has asked fans to pray for her family as they launch their desperate appeal.


Teresa is still a Real Housewife, and Bravo is offering her a hefty payday if she’ll let their cameras film this tense process.


Curiously, Teresa has said no. Perhaps she is not as icy as people seem to think.



RadarOnline reports that Teresa Giudice passed on a sizable offer to film her family’s trials and tribulations as they appeal Joe’s deportation.


Specifically, Bravo has reportedly offered Teresa $ 500,000 — a cool half million. But Teresa turned it down.


“Teresa refused to film any special scenes,” the insider reveals.


She is balking at this lucrative opportunity “because the attorney told her not to do anything until the final decision is made.”


Her pleas for leniency might not go over well with a judge who learns that she’s exploiting the drama of it all for a payday.


“She’s terrified to do anything to harm Joe,” the source explains.



Joe’s imprisonment has been bad enough on his family, but that at least was understandable.


His upcoming deportation to Italy is exacting a serious toll.


“This situation is so bad for Teresa,” the insider says.


The source adds: “She’s not talking about it at all.”


“She’s afraid that anything she says can be used against Joe,” the insider laments.


Being a public figure can really backfire when it comes to having your day in court.



The report says that Milania recently visited her father in prison, but that Teresa was otherwise occupied at the time.


“Milania has a close relationship with her dad,” the source says. 


The insider says that she had to see him because “she’s been so upset by everything.”


Of course! She’s a preteen and her father is her whole world.


“Joe’s family was shocked that Teresa didn’t go with her daughter,” the source claims.



The insider then takes a harsher tone when discussing Teresa.


“Actions speak louder than words with Teresa,” the source says.


“She tells everyone she is so devastated,” the insider continues.


The source finds it odd that she asks for prayers “but then she doesn’t go visit him and doesn’t even go with Milania.”


That seems unfair, especially considering that we know what Teresa was up to at the time.



That source’s judgmental tone aside, Teresa has four daughters, not just one.


We don’t know who went with Milania (it’s hard to imagine that a 12-year-old waltzed into the prison visiting area on her own).


Teresa was out looking at universities with Gia, who just a few months away from turning 18.


When people say that life goes on, they mean that Teresa’s first responsibility is as a parent, not as a grieving wife.


She’s looking to Gia’s future.


We are sure that Joe wouldn’t have it any other way.



As for Teresa’s refusal to film, most of us can’t imagine turning down half a million dollars under most circumstances.


But she has to be wondering how she would feel if the judge denies Joe’s appeal and mentions that she had turned it into a media circus.


As we said, being a public figure can backfire.


Courts like to set an example and no prosecutor or judge wants to be accused of going easy on someone just because they’re famous.


From Dance Moms to Jersey Shore, stars of reality shows have learned that they can and will be put behind bars if they break the law.


Teresa and Joe already learned that lesson the hard way.


Now she’s just hoping and praying that being on their best behavior will keep Joe from being torn from his family forever.



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Monday, October 22, 2018

Teresa Giudice Asks Fans to Pray for Her as Joe Faces Deportation

The Giudice family is rallying against Joe’s impending deportation and asking their fans for support.


Teresa is still making time to do Real Housewives events — it’s part of her job, after all.


At a recent gathering, she asked fans in the audience to keep her family in their prayers as they fight to stay together.



Teresa Giudice took part in the East Coast Vs. West Coast Real Housewives Brunch at the Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.


Us Weekly reports that, while she was there, she used her platform to ask for emotional support from the audience.


“Teresa said to please pray for me and my family,” an eyewitness reveals.


The eyewitness adds: “She really hopes Joe is out of jail to see [their daughter] Gia graduate.”


Additionally, “She said she cannot wait to see the light at the end of the tunnel.”



Not everything that Teresa discussed was as upsetting as a family being torn apart.


According to the eyewitness, Teresa “was in really good spirits and made the crowd laugh several times.”


“She explained that Dina [Manzo] and Jacqueline [Laurita] were asked to recommend beautiful women for the show,” the eyewitness reports.


“Dina recommended Teresa,” she shared.


The eyewitness then reveals: “Teresa said she does not know why Caroline [Manzo] did the show.”


Shade.



“And,” the eyewitness shares. “There was a joke about if Teresa did the show, her husband would go to jail.”


That prophecy has been fulfilled, then.


As far as doing the show, “she said she f–ken shouldn’t have.”


“She said it is Jacqueline’s fault for her doing the show,” the eyewitness adds.


“Teresa said she suckered Joe into doing the show,” the report says.


The eyewitness continues: “and now that he is away, he has watched himself and says he was an a–hole.”



Apparently Gia and her mom have been looking at universities, but Teresa is strongly encouraging for her to stay close to home.


“Teresa said she is sick of driving far,” the eyewitness reports. “So is pushing for her to go to Rutgers.”


“She said she drives too much,” the report continues. “From dropping off and picking up kids and going to see Joe, she is sick of driving.”


Teresa also dished on her 17-year-old daughter’s academic performance, which is … a hell of a thing to do.


“She said Gia struggles in school,” the eyewitness says. “And has tutors and she is tired of paying for them.”


The eyewitness reports: “She said she gets good grades, but she is not a genius like her middle daughter, who gets straight As and is the smart one.”



Teresa addressed other topics, beyond comparing the relative academic performances and intelligences of her children.


Specifically, Teresa had some not-so-kind words regarding her feud with Caroline, Jacqueline, and Kathy Wakile.


“She said she is sad she let them into her house, to be betrayed by them,” the eyewtiness reports.


“Fame and money will do that to family,” the eyewitness characterizes of Teresa’s words.


“She said,” the report concludes. “You never go against family.”



Teresa and Joe have four daughters. Gia is 17, Gabriella is 14, Milania is 12, and Audriana is 9.


For them to lose their father to deportation — a horror that is sadly all too common these days — is nothing short of tragic.


While Teresa and Joe aren’t perfect (fraud convictions and table-flipping are only the tip of that iceberg), they love their children.


(Even if Teresa openly gossips about Gia and also doesn’t seem to understand that academic performance isn’t synonymous with intelligence)


Seeing this family put on a brave face while getting torn apart is heartbreaking.



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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Joe Giudice Deportation: Daughter Milania Shares Heartbroken Plea

Last week, we learned the heartbreaking news that Joe Giudice will be deported to Italy after his release from prison.


Eldest daughter Gia Giudice is rallying support for her father in the hope that he can win his appeal.


And now, so is his younger daughter, 12-year-old Milania. You can read her impassioned plea below.



Milania Giudice took to Instagram and shared a pair of throwback photos that she took with her father before his incarceration.


“My dad,” Milania begins her captions.


She describes Joe Giudice as someone “who is the best dad in the world.”


That more or less how you’d expect a man’s 12-year-old daughter to describe him.


Milania then writes that he “needs to come home.”



Milania’s captions continue as she vows that their family isn’t going to let the court’s deportation order go unchallenged,


“We aren’t done fighting, dad,” Milania promises.


Joe has 30 days (fewer than that, now) to appeal the court’s ruling.


“I can’t believe this is happening,” she admits.


As someone who is not even a teenager, Milania was totally unprepared for the horrors that our world has in store for so many families.



Joe has already been away from his family for long enough — serving his time for fraud.


Until last week, Teresa and her daughters had been looking forward to his release in 2019. 


It was like the light at the end of the tunnel, when their family would be reunited.


Milania admits that she can’t wrap her head around him being away from his family for even longer — this time separated by an ocean instead of bars.


“I can’t imagine another day without you,” she writes.



Milania vows that the whole family is working to see him returned home when he finishes his stint.


“We are gonna do everything we can to fight this daddy!!” she promises.


She gushes: “I love you with all my heart buddy.”


A few years in prison might seem like a short time for adults, but it’s a huge chunk of Milania’s life that she’s now enduring without her father.


This deportation order could make a bad situation even worse.



Milania concludes her message with a simple, sad tag.


“#heartbroken,” she writes.


We can imagine so.


While Milania is fortunate to have two parents who love her and to live a privileged existence, she still wants her father in her life.


And so do her sisters.



As we mentioned, Gia Giudice also sent out a call for support in preventing her father’s deportation.


Where Milania speaks from the heart, Gia’s passionate words come with a list of compelling arguments.


Significantly, she mentions that Joe was brought to the United States at the age of one by his parents.


Deporting him to Italy is deporting him from the only country and only home that he has ever known.


Italy is a beautiful country, but that doesn’t mean that a person being shipped there upon release from prison would be the same as sending them home.


But Milania makes a very important point — deporting him would fracture his family.



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Monday, October 15, 2018

Gia Giudice Rallies Support for Dad as Joe Faces Deportation

Last week, Joe Giudice’s family responded to the stunning news that he will be deported upon his release from prison.


Daugther Gia issued a desperate plea, urging her incarcerated father to fight this deportation order with an enthusiastic appeal.


Now, she is using her social media clout to defend her dad and call for support from others.



Gia Giudice, eldest daughter of Teresa and Joe, took to Instagram to rally support for her father.


“This is one of my favorite pictures of me and my dad,” she began, referring to the image you’re about to see.


“My father is no threat to society,” she affirms.


Joe was arrested for fraud. That can be harmful, but not what usually comes to mind when you describe a dangerous criminal.


“He is one of the most warm hearted people I know,” Gia writes.


Here is the photo.



The touching throwback photo shows a young, fit Joe and a very young Gia.


Gia continues: “he would never harm a soul.”


“He puts everyone else before himself.” she says.


He and Teresa did make a deal to have separate prison sentences, even though that kept them apart longer, so that they could be there for their girls.


“I know who my father is,” Gia writes. “And I think many of you do too.”



Gia isn’t pretending that her father is perfect or incapable of breaking laws.


“My father did his time,” Gia acknowledges. “And learned from his mistakes.”


“Isn’t being in there supposed to make you realize your mistakes so you can become a better person?” Gia asked.


Perhaps if prisons were structured differently, designed for real rehabilitation instead of mere containment, more people would share Gia’s perspective.


But Gia believes in rehabilitation, writing: “and that’s exactly what my father did.”



“He hasn’t felt or looked this good since he was in his 30s,” Gia admits.


In that way, she’s showing that he is relatable to many other people whom time has worn down.


“We have so many plans to do as a family when he gets out,” she shares.


“I need my father to be here,” Gia writes.


She is a teen on the cusp of adulthood. She has already had too much of a massive disruption in her life.


“My father belongs with us and his entire family,” she affirms.



She reminds her fans and followers that Joe is Italian by birth, but doesn’t actually know the country any better than she does.


“My father came into this country when he was one year old,” she writes.


Because of this, “the United States is the only country he knows.”


She then encourages those reading her message to “spread the word” about how her father should not be deported for his non-violent crimes.


She even includes the hashtag: “#bringjoehome.”



Immigration and deportation are complicated subjects.


Some would gleefully deport Joe for the “crime” of having been born on foreign soil.


Others don’t blame him for that, but would disparage him for not seeking citizenship while married to Teresa — and for committing fraud.


But something to consider with deportation is that someone who has lived their entire life here, who has family here, is part of the community.


Unless that person is a threat, it is difficult to argue that the good of giving someone the boot outweighs the bad.


Gia would miss her father. Her whole family would.



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Teresa Giudice Reacts to Joe"s Deportation with Crying Statue of Liberty

Teresa Giudice seems to have broken her silence in the wake of her husband being ordered to be deported after prison … and it looks like she (and Lady Liberty) are heartbroken.  The ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ star shared a photo on…


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Friday, October 12, 2018

Joe Giudice Deportation Evokes Empathy, Tears from Real Housewives

The Real Housewives of New Jersey fans received grim news about the Giudice family this week. Joe Giudice will be deported after he leaves prison.


Though he has a chance to appeal, many are already fearing for how this will impact his family — especially his children.


A number of Housewives are weighing in on this looming reality.



E! spoke to multiple Housewives to get their take on Joe’s imminent ejection from America.


Caroline Manzo starred on The Real Housewives of New Jersey from Season 1 through Season 5.


“Wow, this makes me sad,” Manzo reflects.


She openly acknowledges: “Joe has made mistakes.”


But Manzo also notes that he has, importantly, “taken responsibility for his actions and has served his time.”



Like everyone, her biggest concern is the four Giudice daughters.


“He has four beautiful girls that need their father in their lives,” Manzo says. “And my heart hurts for them.”


Manzo points out that letting him remain with his family would be harmless, because: “He’s not a violent person, or a threat to society.”


“He has a good heart,” she notes, and has “lived his entire life in this country.”


Joe came to the United States when he was one year old. He is Italian by birth and ancestry, but he is absolutely an American.


“I’m not quite sure how his mistakes warrant such harsh punishment,” Manzo concludes.



Amber Marchese was only on The Real Housewives of New Jersey for a short time, but she definitely knows enough to weigh in.


“I think everyone feels for the kids,” Marchese says.


She’s right. No matter what you think of Joe, Teresa, or their alleged fraud, their children are innocents and do not deserve to have their worlds rocked like this.


As Marchese says, “they are far too young to live such instability.”


“And most importantly,” Marchese says, they are far too young to live “without a father.”


The youngest of the Giudice girls is only 9.



Marchese does then pivot to look on the bright side — as she hopes that the Giudice family will be able to do.


“Listen, it might not be ideal,” Marchese says, noting that it will be “totally life altering, and it will definitely be a major adjustment.”


“But,” she notes. “In the whole grande scheme of ‘sucky news’ that someone can receive, this is not all that bad!”


That can be difficult to hear, but sometimes people benefit from a little perspective.


“He isn’t banished to the pits of hell,” Marchese points out. “This is beautiful Italy we are talking about here.”



Marchese then attempts to diffuse the situation with humor.


“The question is, is Italy ready to take on one of our own crazy ‘Jersey house husbands’ full time?” she jokes.


She then returns to giving the subject of deporting a man from the only country he’s ever known the gravity it deserves.


“In all seriousness,” Marchese acknowledges. “They have been through hard times.”


“I know they will turn this around,” she expresses. “And make these sour grapes into amazing Italian wine.”



Siggy Flicker, who starred in Season 7 and Season 8 of RHONJ, told Us Weekly that she did not see this deportation coming.


“I never thought in a million years that this was going to happen,” Flicker admits.


She then shares that she is grief-stricken.


“I am so soggy right now,” Flicker adds. “Crying for those precious girls and that entire family.”


“It’s just not right to take a father away from his family,” Flicker laments.



A prison sentence is one thing. Banishing a man from where his children live over fraud seems like a big much.


(Though we all know that countless innocents have been deported for less, leaving behind children in far worse circumstances)


“I wish we could have done more than what we have done so far,” Flicker shares.


She concludes: “which was let the judge know how important it was that Joe Guidice stay here with his entire family.”


We somehow doubt that the judge who ordered his deportation would have been swayed.



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Saturday, July 21, 2018

Conor McGregor to Dodge Jail and Deportation in Plea Deal

Conor McGregor is one lucky scofflaw … because TMZ Sports has learned he’s on the verge of striking a deal in his New York City criminal case that will keep him in the U.S. and out of jail. We’ve learned Conor’s lawyer is in the final stages of…


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Sunday, December 17, 2017

Mohamed Jbali Faces Deportation After Losing Paperwork!

As you know, Mohamed Jbali has moved to Texas. Though he provides his followers with updates (and life advice) pretty regularly, he’s said that he doesn’t want to appear on 90 Day Fiance anymore.


Right now, he’s intent on working and enjoying his new life in America. Unfortunately, that may come to an end.


Sunday morning, he shared an image of a very formal letter of denial from US Customs and Immigration.



It’s been clear to most 90 Day Fiance fans that Mohamed Jbali’s entire motive for marrying a US citizen was to acquire legal residence for himself.


He came to the US, had sex with Danielle Mullins (once), and became one of the most talked-about stars on a reality series.


At the very least, you’d think that now that he has that marriage and his short-lived reality career behind him, he could move on and enjoy his new life in Texas.


But … maybe not.


So, remember back in October when we told you about how Mohamed Jbali might face deportation after some very important documents vanished in the mail en route to US Citizenship and Immigration Services?


It turns out that, though the vast majority of Green Cards are renewed, they are really not the sorts of forms that you want to get lost in the mail.


Take a look at Mohamed Jbali’s crushing news:




Mohamed Jbali Deportation Letter


Jbali shared this on Sunday morning, with the caption:


“Sometimes the law does not make any sense because the person who made it never been in that situation.”


He didn’t post the entirety of what looks like a rejection letter, but you can see the word “Denial” written pretty clearly.


It’s even in bold.


Interestingly, part of the form that Mohamed hasn’t seen fit to share with fans would contain the explanations for why he’s being denied.


(If his application had been accepted, it’s our understanding that it would have been good for another decade)


Whether it’s because the forms vanished in the mail and were therefore late or there’s more to it (we can’t help but wonder if Danielle Mullins’ quest for revenge is somehow involved)


Regardless, though, this is crushing news for Mohamed Jbali.



Whatever you may think of Mohamed from what you saw of him on 90 Day Fiance, this is a not-great situation.


We’re sure that Mohamed wishes that his biggest legal worry were over Danielle Mullins suing him for withholding sex during their marriage (basically).


There is, however, hope.


As countless fans pointed out in comments, if your application for permanent residency is denied, there’s an appeals process.


That can be expensive, time-consuming, and stressful … but after everything that Mohamed’s gone through to get to where he is today, we can’t imagine that he’s going to just throw up his hands and wander back to Tunisia.



Whether or not Mohamed manages to win his appeal will probably be contingent upon why he was denied in the first place.


In addition to having been a reality star — that’s about as American as you can get — he’s also gainfully employed, paying both rent and taxes on top of other expenses. To our knowledge, he hasn’t been in legal trouble since his move to Texas.


So, if it’s just because the form was lost, we’d sure hope that he’d win his appeal.


(As some fans pointed out, sometimes denials are sent out because most people won’t go through the work to fight them, even though a court battle is still less stressful than deportation)


We wonder if the brevity of his marriage to Danielle Mullins was a factor, however. We’re no experts on immigration, but if officials decide that Mohamed scammed his way into the US, that could work against him.


We sure hope that the people deciding his case are not 90 Day Fiance viewers.



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