Kimberly Rivera: War In Iraq

Alyssa Manning Dept: My biggest fear is being separated from my children and having to sit in a prison for politically being against the war in Iraq, Kimberly Rivera told a news conference Friday, according to The Chronicle Herald. Rivera s lawyer Alyssa Manning said her client is considering appealing the ruling on her pre-removal risk assessment, which has ordered that she leave Canada by Sept. 20 and tORONTO An American soldier who fled to Canada after she became disillusioned with the Iraq war is weighing her legal options after a ruling that would have her deported to the U.S. Rivera was joined by a number of groups, including the War Resisters Support Campaign, Amnesty International and the Canadian Labour Congress, who urged Immigration Minister Jason Kenney to let Rivera, her husband and their four children stay in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.