The family has been staying on the beach with no food to eat and no means of communication for two weeks now.
They have been provided a temporary room at a hotel but have no money to pay for it.
They sold everything they had back in the U.S to pay for their trip to Saipan.
Amy Greg, 29, said she went here to be with her sister and to stay for good.
She said her sister promised her a place to stay and described the island as a good place to work and live in.
But she claimed that when she arrived here, her sister mistreated her and her children.
She said she gave her sister all her remaining money for groceries and household items.
Greg’s fiancé, Richard Johnson, is jobless. Johnson is the father of her two children.
She said she voluntarily left her sister’s house when her sister threatened to have her arrested because of an argument they had.
“All I wanted to do is to be with her and look what she did to me,” Greg said.
Ask for comment, her sister Amanda Rife, a federal employee, said she asked her sister to come back, but Greg refused.
“She’s stubborn,” Rife said.
Asked if she would still accept her sister, Rife replied: “Yes! I am willing to accept her and her kids again.”
Upon leaving her sister’s house, Greg, Johnson and their children went to the airport hoping to catch a flight back to Illinois.
But she was informed that their tickets were one-way only.
The family stayed at the airport for 30 hours with the two children, 5 and 13 years old, sleeping on the floor.
Greg said she contacted her father but, according to her, he refused to talk to her.
A resident, who does not want to be identified, offered to help them by allowing them to stay in a hotel room.
He contacted government agencies but was informed that there was no available shelter on the island for the homeless.
The American Red Cross and the Salvation Army have provided food to the family.
Johnson said he submitted several job applications and went to a series of job interviews but none of the prospective employers had called him back when they were still staying at Rife’s house.
The family is very thankful for all the help they are receiving from the local community.
“I do not want to do this but it is my only option — please help us,” Johnson said.
The family needs at least $4,500 to pay for their tickets.
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