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Show Sunday, April 6, 2008 DAILY HERALD AS Alone to live with her new husband. The information set off lights Continued from A I figurative intruder-aler- t at the border crossing. In She had come from Canada to an almost perverse twist of serve a part-tim- e service mispolicy, at a time when illegal sion for The Church of Jesus immigrants are frequently tolChrist of Latter-da- y Saints, and erated in the U.S. and with talk of easy paths to citizenship for they fell in love. After their marriage in the illegals living in the country, Doreen Buttery was informed Provo LDS temple, which was the reported last month in the Dai--. that she could not ly Herald, Woody was sure his United States without an immi loneliness was over. "It's not grant visa. She was forced to turn back. good for a man to be alone," he said. Luckily, she was able to move with her daughter, Brenda For Doreen, it was an op portunity to help a close friend McLean, in Lethbridge, Alhave a comfortable life. She berta. But she was unable to continue her church mission expected to spend much of her time caring for Woody, and, worse, she was separated and was excited about living from her husband. in Provo, close to her daughWith a heavy voice, a dister and away from the harsh couraged Woody said from his weather of her hometown. She home in Provo: "I'm just back likes it here so much, she said, tobach'-in'it.- " that she'd been trying to figure out how to stay. Intent to immigrate She said she wouldn't have considered marriage at first, Larry Overcast is port director at the Customs and Borbut the more time she spent with Woody the. more she liked der Protection entry point in him. Eventually it was hope-- , Sweetgrass, an unincorporated less. "He's very honest, and community of gas stations and duty-fre- e stores along he's a good person," Doreen just said of her new husband. "We on the Montana side of the borget along really well. We enjoy der. He said he remembers Doeach other's company, and we reen's declaration of her intent have some of the same inter-to live in the U.S. indefinitely. ests." Neither felt too old to be He had to deny her request to enter the country because she married again. did not have the correct visa. For their honeymoon, they Rules are rules, after all. spent four weeks in Canada ASHLEY FRANSCELLDaily Herald "We tried to provide her as to sell Doreen's house there much guidance as we could," and prepare her to move to Leonard "Woody" Woodward calls his long-tim- e stew he made was friend and neighbor, John Maxwell, to say that the il Overcast said, "where she Provo permanently. ' to be eaten at his home in Provo on Thursday. ready ' could get the forms and what, But the U.S. government she needs." isn't shy about getting in the in question. sort this out. "And my help's in charge of immigration issuer The document that would Overcast said they're not the way of love if it's not accomones that have overlooked Canada," he said wryly. Good allow the spouse of a U.S. The interview is meant to only began working on a way to panied by the proper paper' citizen to enter the country catch marriage fraud work. Earlier, Doreen had people such details. p immigration lawyers cost hunexpedite the process. Norman dred of dollars per hour, and said Doreen may be able to "There are times when crossed the border using only temporarily is called a K-- 3 visa. who marry only on paper as a But that is just the beginning the U.S. immediately her passport and stayed with Woody says he's "getting on way of getting into the counpeople are unaware of the low side" financially. Overcast said. "I think under a special situation called the of a complicated process that ' try. If the candidate passes the her daughter Wanda Scheetz j would allow her to He spent five hours Wednes- parole once her petition for imin Provo. To the government, interview, permanent resident sometimes people just think legally imstatus may be granted. that's a temporary visit. Once they can do it later, or that it's day with a neighbor who has a migrant status has been filed. migrate. To continue living The timing of that interview law degree, trying to prepare If not, he said Cannon's office not that important. They just here indefinitely, she'll need she married an American, the is cruciaL Under current imwill try to expedite processing don't research the process." . all the required documents. a resident visa that can take whole game changed. Now it "All I know is I have to get was her intent to become a per- many months to get, or even of the requisite form so she can . Entering the U.S. as a temmigration law, if Woody dies schedis bureaubefore the these manent resident. visitor on as soon as possible. bureaucracy papers all together and depending comparatively longer porary '' ules the interview, all bets are ; simple Some applicants for entry show them your cratic delays. When Woody and Doreen get stuff back from Canada off and Doreen will be denied arrived at the U.S. border crossPart of the process is an and I gotta put $355 with it and can pay a stiff fee to have their passport and say you plan to interview in which an immiimmediately and face deportastay a short time. Announcing send it to Chicago. And they ing in Sweetgrass, Mont., she paperwork speeded up. The as a showed her passport as she had gration agent asks detailed in- tion. There's no appeal your intent to immigrate, or to do something with it. It's on a expedite fee is $1,000 to the Im" live in the U.S. permanently, is done several times before. The formation about the marriage, matter of policy her pending migration and Naturalization customs agent asked the usual such as whether the husband application for residency would another matter. Service, but it's not clear that Among the documents "It depends on the situation Doreen would qualify for that. questions about her reasons for snores at night, to determine ; be promptly denied because she Woody has to collect are his if the prospective immigrant is no longer has a U.S. spouse. with the country and their birth certificate, his marriage visiting the U.S., and she said Meanwhile, Woody waits; she planned to move to Provo If that happened, and behe's alone again. He got up actually married to the citizen certificate, and an affidavit of relationship with the U.S.," ' cause she has already declared . said Mike Milne, a regional support (a document showing early on Thursday to start boilher intent to immigrate, she spokesman for the Department that they have joint ownering vegetables for a stew. That may not be allowed back in the of Homeland Security. "But ship of some things in the U.S. night he pored over paperwork MARRYING A FOREIGN NATIONAL n states even as a visitor for fear in general when a and that Woody will care for with his neighbor. He has had that she wouldn't leave again. , wants to marry a citizen and . Doreen). They've dealt with an to ask other neighbors to pick When a foreign visitor and a U.S. citizen choose to be live in the U.S., there's a pre"It's just arbitrary," said alphabet soup of government up medicine for him from the married, the visitor Is viewed as a potential immigrant. ' ; Brent Renison, an immigration ' scribed way to do that." That means it's harder to get into the U.S. and stay here agencies and piles of number-an- d pharmacy. letter-code- d He said security has been forms. "I'm so tired I can't think attorney in Portland, Ore., who because moving to the U.S. permanently (as opposed to ; r ',' since "It just doesn't make sense," straight," he said. specializes in cases such as an immigrant visa, tightened significantly visiting) is, tightly controlled and requires ' said Scheetz, Doreen's daughBut fatigue isn't what bothalso called a green card. Woody's and Doreen's. "It's just 911, particularly in terms of a matter of how long it takes ,.. manpower and scrutiny at all ter in Provo. "She's up there ers him the most. It's being There are two ways to gain permission for a visitor to re- the bureaucracy to process her entry points to the U.S. But im- and he's down here, so now we alone. When he thinks of all . main in the U.S. indefinitely: the red tape between him and request. It doesn't take into ac- - f ; migration law hasn't changed - have to figure out how to fax I If the visitor is still in the U.S., he or she can apply for a count the marriage or the validmuch- - a major overhaul has his wife, he gets angry. He things back and forth." from visitor to Lawful Permanent Resiof it or anything like that." failed in Congress in each of If Doreen had stayed in the said he blew his top when he change of status ly ; dent. , Renison is heading up a the last two years. No mat-- , heard a news report about U.S., it's possible she could n lawsuit that aims ter the situation, Milne said ' have applied for a change in 9 If the visitor has left the U.S., he or she must apply for an refugees being brought to the deto the automatic U.S. "They're bringing them in rechange young or old, married or hot status. But that's all off. The visa U.S. Either Consulate. a immigrant through process nial of a petition when a U.S. it takes the right documents new couple wanted to visit by the carload," he said, "but quires filing a petition, completing an interview and waiting v. . family tip in Canada and sell to enter the US.. for a visa number to become available. spouse dies. my wife can't get back in." Doreen's home there, and they A month ago, the couple sat Woody has no intention of "People are required to go The process can take anywhere from months to years, He's a that process," he said, didn't consider that she would beside each other on a couch in sooa dying anytime through depending on the speed at which government agencies proand we re more than happy to ' now be viewed as an immspry gentleman with a mind Woody's living room, cuddling cess the forms. In the meantime, a visitor can apply for a that's still as sharp as ever. But explain it to them; like adolescents. She giggled igrant, not a visitor. visa, which generally takes less time to approve than a few minds are a match for U.S. When the Daily Herald conwhen he called her beautiful, allow The visa. to would visitor enter the the permanent tacted Congressman Chris Can- and he said he'd never been so bureaucracy. Woody said he Alone again, U.S. as the spouse of a citizen, but it does not grant permahad no idea that Doreen's im... non's office to find out whether happy in his life. Now, Woody nent residency. ' ' v ' other options might exist, Cory said, he's reached a new low. , At age 96,. Woody is migration status would change now that they're married. And on other people to help him Norman, a Cannon assistant in "I need her home, bad.? 1 'I'' er jn .' ox-ta- pro-Cess- ," re-ent- merry-go-round.- non-citize- ' ' . , . class-actio- ', r K-- 3 , K-- 3 , ::fj m '.: MARK JOHNSTONDaily Herald Members of the LDS Church, in attendance at the 1 78th Annual General Conference in Salt Lake City, stand and raise their right hand to sustain Thomas S. Monson as their new prophet Saturday. LDS Church Church as a youth. He then bore testimony of Monson as the new prophet. "Revelation and inspiration have Continued from Al come to him in my presence, which Washington, North Carolina and Ten- confirms to me that God is honoring nessee primarily in banking. those keys," he said. "I am a witness." Christofferson appeared with his Eyring also said he could see wife of nearly 40 years, Katherine, at evidence of the prophesy of the peran introductory news conference befecting of the Church in the "steady tween conference sessions Saturday. improvement" he has witnessed in the lives of its members. He said he was met with a "degree He also praised members for their of incredulity" when Monson asked him to accept the calling last week. willingness to reach out to those in He said that was followed by a deep need, even those members who have less themselves, and despite ecosense of humility and gratitude for the trust being placed in him by Mon- nomic turmoil. Such giving is tangible evidence of the people's faith in the son. atonement of Jesus Christ, he said. "Since then, thinking more about In what may be considered an it, I felt something of a real anxious-ness,- " unusual address, Joseph B. Wirthlin he said. of the Quorum of the Twelve spoke Henry B. Eyring, first counselor to those who feel uncomfortable as in the First Presidency, became emomembers of the Church. tional Saturday morning as he promSome feel they dont fit in because ised that Monson's family would be blessed because of the prayers of the they "look, act, think and feel differently and that causeslhem to assume people. He gave an emotional telling of they don't fit in," he said. He noted an "erroneous belief that how he gained his testimony of the . .. ' . MARK JOHNSTONDally Herald Church President Thomas S. Monson waves to members of the audience as he leaves the general conference morning session with his wife, Francis, on Saturday. LDS members should look, talk and be alike," saying the Lord did not populate the world with a vibrant orchestra just to favor the piccolo. "If only we had more compassion for those different from us, it would lighten the problems in the world tohe said. day," ' There is no sign on LDS meetinghouses saying only perfect people are allowed inside, he said. But he warned those that expected the Church to apologize for its doctrines, which he said is impossible because they are given of God. Those who would fault them should not, given that even "the foolishness of God is stronger than man" Elder Wirthlin also mourned President Hinckley, "Of course we miss our beloved President Gordon B. Hinckley," he said. "But we are all better people because of his influence ... the world is a better place because there was such a leader." He called Monson a "mighty man ... whose life is a practical and exemplary model of the application of gospel principles.". Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve spoke at the Saturday morning session about the moment he heard that President Gordon B. Hinckley had passed away. "Each of us immediately felt a deep sense of loss," he said. "However, we have felt our mood shift from grief to gratitude for what we have learned from this prophet of God" In sustaining a new prophet, Elder Nelson encouraged the congregation to focus on their own spiritual salvation. f "The time to prepare for our eternal salvation and exaltation is now ; he said. the world the Throughout family is increasingly under attack, and this, if allowed to continue, will have a global "political, social and economic impact," he warned. "The Church is to assist, and not replace, a parent's responsibility to teach their children." When correcting children's inap- propriate behavior, "do so privately, quietly and lovingly, not publicly," he said. |