So you mean that just becos one person did well and created HIV medicie so
millions should be allowed in - whereas those adventurous and sharp guys who
take the risk on their own should not be??
50% of American marriages end in divorces so I do not see their fear of broken
families -- divorce breaks up a family does it not?
Third, if a person is a citizen of USA after coming here - I think s/he is
entitld to bring along his/her spouse and underage children. It is easier to go
from USA to India (22 hours) than it was for me to go from Delhi to Chennai (38
hours - by train). Most people in India never travel by plane - so have greater
difficulty in meeting family -say an Assamese working in Bangalore - (40 hours
atleast by train) than visiting India from USA.
Even within the country people have to move elsewhere (in India ) to look for
work --so there is no cure for that. Is there? If one wants to meet family --
take some time off from work and visit them!!
Umesh
kamal deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: First thing first.As a sovereign country,
the USA has every right to be bristling with prejudices as far as immigration
policy is concerned.They should not be criticized for being harsh with the
potential immigrants.However ,family reunification programme has been the
cornerstone for the past few decades.I can think of three reasons as to why
legal immigrants should be allowed to reunite with their families.
First,a permanent class of legal immigrants who are constantly told ,their
labor is welcome,but their families are not, will never be full participants in
the American dream.The Oath of Allegiance had been all about ensuring that new
Americans don't have divided loyalties.Now that will be enshrined in law.
Families are the bedrock of American life.Recent poll shows that young
Americans identified broken families,not Iraq or global warming as their
greatest fear.What message does the White House send out about family value
when its action undercuts its sermon ?
Dr.David Ho,the Time magazine's man of the year in 1996, pioneered the use of
protease inhibitors to treat HIV-infected patients.Thousands and thousands of
Americans now have new lease on life,thanks to him.He came to the USA at the
age of 12 from Taiwan to reunite with his father.
My point is that the legal and the illegal immigrants should not be thrown
into the same pot to swim or sink.
KJD
On 7/7/07, umesh sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Kamal-da,
When Immigration began 500 years back in USA then there was no family
reunification programs -- those who had guts and desire for adventure sailed
across the oceans and never saw their families again. Some prisoners had to be
sent to Australia since no one in thier right minds wanted to go to Australia
-- some bribed and escaped and came back to Britain -- read Chalres Dicken's
Great Expectations.
So why this pillar of immigration. Immigration means travel to a new place --
not bringing all your hometown and family and friends with you. Does it?
Umesh
kamal deka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Do you know that the White House is floating a new immigration
proposal,which is designed to tear down another pillar of immigration policy
----family reunification?
It appears that sibling and adult children of American citizen are just out of
luck,turned by a stroke of the pen from family members into strangers in the
eye of law.Instead of blood-ties,people will be judged by a point system in
which knowledge of English and education would be given importance rather than
family value.
KJD
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