(Photo credit: TFC Balitang America Don Tagala)
Just when the Gulfin family thought they’d be spending Christmas in the Philippines, away from their adopted home in Tinton Falls in New Jersey, their deportation order was stayed.
The Gulfin family founded The Servants of the Lord organization at a Christian church in Eatontown, New Jersey.
Carmelo, 63 and Aurelia, 66, run a family-owned car repair shop in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. Their son, Miguel, finished an automotive technology program in college to join his father’s business.
The Gulfins came to U.S. on a tourist visa in 1991 but the Gulfins lost their legal status after their asylum bid and a fifth preference petition overlapped and jeopardized their applications to become legal U.S. residents.
The Gulfins received a final deportation order and were scheduled to voluntarily leave the United States on September 30. Immigration officials later granted the family a temporary reprieve from deportation.
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