To thunderous applause, Erie County Republican Committee Chairman Michael Kracker just asked the crowd at the Republican Election Night party if they were ready to send incumbent Democratic County Executive
Sandra Stefanovic Dordevic packed all her family’s belongings and got on a repatriation flight to Serbia last June, after having lived here for two years.
It was not an easy decision. She was dropping the appeals she had lodged on behalf of her three children, part of the group denied residence permits in the country.
After more than a year-long wait, the Immigration Appeal Board overturned the order for 18 of the 41 children told to leave the country.
But, throughout the wait, the families could not travel to their country and faced difficulties accessing state education, Ana Zdravkovic, a spokesperson for the families, said.