Teresa Giudiceand her four daughters are doing everything in their power to bringJoe Giudicehome.
Teresa’s eldest daughter Gia, 18,created a petitionon Tuesday to stop her fatherJoe Giudice’simpending deportation.
Gia directed the petition, titled “STOP the Deportation ofJoe Giudice,” toPresident Donald Trump.
“My father,Joe Giudice, came to the United States when he was an infant, one year after his birth, he has resided in New Jersey his entire life,” she wrote. “He is a businessman, a husband, father to four young women all under the age of 19, son, brother, uncle and friend to many. He was found guilty of NON Violent offenses and served his time complying with all prison guidelines and procedures.”
“He and my mother are willing to spend funds and additional time in an immigration prison for the chance he gets to hold his children again,” she continued.
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After writing about how Joe’s life will be upended if he is deported to Italy, Gia shared several pivotal life moments her father would be forced to miss.
“My father is there for us in every possible way a father could be. He has always been our handyman, our confidont [sic], our cheerleader, our challenger and most importantly our protector,” she wrote. “This would rob us of my father screaming from the stands at our graduations, meeting our future husbands for the first time, of walking us down the aisle, of being there when his grandchildren come into the world. Please use your voice, your power and your signature to help keep my family together.”
“In Italy he will no longer be incarcerated but will he ever be free if kept from his family and be able to be a productive member of society?”
Along with Gia, Teresa and her other three daughters, Gabriella, 15, Milania, 14, and Audriana, 10, signed the petition. At the time of publication, it had already garnered over 25,700 signatures.
Trump has yet to publicly respond to the petition.
Last week, it was revealed that Joe is one step closer to deportation because his appeal was denied.
“We are extremely disappointed that the Board of Immigration Appeals has denied Mr. Giudice’s appeal,” Leonard told PEOPLE in a statement. “We have filed a stay with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and will continue to fight to keep Mr. Giudice in the United States, the only country he knows, and reunite him with his wife and four daughters.”
The Board of Immigration Appeals’ April 6 decision leaves Joe’s future up in the air.
Over the weekend, Milania also made an appeal on social media to ask Trump to stop her father’s deportation.
“We will never stop fighting for you daddy. It’s not the same without you. I miss you terribly. I wouldn’t be the person I am today with out [sic] you. I wouldn’t know how to stay strong. I need you home daddy. All I want is to be a family again. I love you endlessy [sic] buddy💓💓,” shewrote, adding the hashtag “FreeJoe Giudice” and tagging Trump in the message.
Even though Joe has lived in the United States since he was a child, henever obtained American citizenship, and immigrants can be deported if they are convicted of “a crime of moral turpitude” or an “aggravated felony,” according to U.S. law.
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Joe and Teresa wereindicted in 2013when they were accused of hiding their fortune in a bankruptcy filing. Joe was also accused of failing to file tax returns between 2004 and 2008.
Teresa wasreleased from federal prisonin 2015 after serving 11 months of a 15-month sentence for fraud. Joe was released after he completed a 41-month prison sentence in March for mail, wire and bankruptcy fraud.
Since he wasreleasedfrom prison in March, Giudice has been awaiting his fate at a facility in western Pennsylvania that houses immigration detainees.
source: people.com
