We're losing a family from the congregation because of an immigration snafu. The husband, wife, and baby are Canadian. He's been teaching at the College and is an up-and-coming academic star. (She hasn't been able to work professionally because she couldn't get the proper visa.) Now they have to return home because the lawyer they hired and the College let them down, by missing a crucial deadline set by the Immigration Service. Once that deadline is missed, evidently, there's no second chance.

The family has landed on its feet. He'll be on the faculty of a Canadian university, and she'll be able to return to her work. But what a shame that our community will lose them!

I guess it's the price we Americans have to pay, to keep out those dangerous Candadians. (Excuse my sarcasm. The President and Vice President would scold me for my "pre-9/11 mindset.")