Eastbourne family at centre of immigration upset
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British citizen Dominic James, his American wife Katy and their two-year-old British daughter Madeline face being split up for up to a year after the Home Office said Katy must return to the US and leave her husband and daughter in the UK while it considers an application for her to live here.
The couple, who have been married for nine years and returned to Eastbourne last autumn, have started an online petition which is gaining massive support calling on the Prime Minister to intervene.
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Hide AdDominic, of Glendale Avenue, said, “My parents, sisters, nephews, and cousins have lived in Eastbourne for 30 years. We have a deep connection with the community of Eastbourne and have many friends and a well established life in the town.