The story also mirrored a similar one that occurred on General Hospital, which saw Siobhan McKenna, a legal resident of Ireland living in the U.S. while undocumented, proposed to by her boyfriend Lucky Spencer so that she could remain in the country and not face deportation. The article also discussed that it was with little effort for Cara to get a job at the town's hospital even though she was not legally enabled to work without a proper visa. While Cara was able to remain in the country and eventually receive her sufficient residency documents, the character's story used real-world situations to educate viewers on a subject that has occurred in millions of families living in the country and its effect on a person's eligibility to become a legal citizen.
