On Apr 4, 2012, at 11:01 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Who needs Congress when you wipe with the Constitution?
> <http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/11409-obama-admin-announces-waiver-program-for-illegal-immigrants>
What is ACTUALLY going on:
"DHS Proposes Reducing Time Required For Undocumented Immigrants With Family In
The U.S. To Apply For Legal Visa. According to the request for public comment
issued in the April 2 Federal Register, DHS proposed a rule change that would
reduce the amount of time undocumented immigrants with immediate family in the
United States would have to wait before applying for a legal return visa. From
the Department of Homeland Security:
Currently, certain spouses, children and parents of U.S. citizens ("immediate
relatives") who are in the United States are not eligible to apply for lawful
permanent resident status (LPR) without leaving the United States because they
entered the country unlawfully. These immediate relatives must travel abroad to
obtain an immigrant visa from the Department of State (DOS) and, in many cases,
also must request from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) a waiver of
the inadmissibility that resulted from their unlawful presence while they
remain outside of the United States, separated from their U.S. citizen spouses,
parents, or children. In some cases, waiver application processing can take
well over a year, and the prolonged separation from immediate relatives can
cause many U.S. citizens to experience extreme humanitarian and financial
hardships. In addition, the action required for these immediate relatives to
obtain LPR status in the United States -- departure from the United States to
apply for an immigrant visa at a DOS consulate abroad -- is the very action
that triggers the unlawful presence inadmissibility grounds under INA section
212(a)(9)(B)(i). As a result, many immediate relatives who may qualify for an
immigrant visa are reluctant to proceed abroad to seek an immigrant visa.
The rule change further notes that return visas will be issued only to
immigrants "if there are no other grounds of inadmissibility and if the
immediate relative otherwise is eligible to be issued an immigrant visa."
This rule change is about keeping families together. I know that a dedicated
pro-life, family-is-so-sacred gays aren't allowed to have one,small government
conservative like you would naturally be in support of such things.
--
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs
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