[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 616]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           JUSTICE FOR FLAVIA

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, January 24, 2011

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker, I recently introduced a private bill (H.R. 
356) on behalf of an exceptional woman, Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.
  Over 18 years ago, Flavia legally immigrated to the United States 
from the Philippines. She was accompanied by her four-year-old 
daughter, Jane Drury, now serving in the U.S. Navy on the USS Bunker 
Hill. In 2005, after several failed appeals were made to correct a 
mistake she made on her original naturalization application, Flavia was 
taken from her home in January and was subjected to inhumane conditions 
at an over-crowded detention facility near the U.S.-Mexico border for 
two weeks. Flavia is a hardworking, law-abiding woman who has lived her 
life being of service as a nurse and volunteer. If deported, Flavia 
will most certainly face economic and emotional hardship without family 
or financial support.

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