Married Couples Split By Border Hope Immigration Reform Brings Relief Juan Carlos Llorca - Associated Press
go to original August 28, 2013

U.S. citizen Edgar Falcon hugs Maricruz Valtierra of Mexico at the U.S.-Mexico border where they were married, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 in El Paso, Texas. Like many other couples made up of a US citizen and a foreigner, Falcon and Valtierra, who has been declared inadmissible after an immigration law violation, hope immigration reform will help them live together in the U.S. (AP/Juan Carlos Llorca)

EL PASO, Texas - As Edgar Falcon and Maricruz Valtierra exchanged vows, they attracted the attention of hundreds of morning commuters Tuesday at the Santa Fe border bridge in El Paso, craning their necks to see the couple standing on the dividing line between the U.S. and Mexico.

Falcon, a U.S. citizen, now faces the choice of staying in Texas and living apart from his wife, a Mexico citizen, or relocating to Ciudad Juarez, a city with about 1,500 murders last year.

Falcon says Valtierra can't enter the U.S. because when she was 16 years old, her sister tried to bring her to the United States using someone else's birth certificate. They didn't find out Valtierra had been declared inadmissible until they were applying for her visa as a fiancee of a U.S. citizen.

... Falcon, like others who married or are closely related to people who have a lifetime ban from the United States, hopes legislation to be introduced by Texas freshman U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke will provide relief from their situation.

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