In January of 2012 the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) proposed a change to the process by which undocumented persons who are immediate relatives of U.S. citizens may apply for legal residency.
The proposal is currently under a 60-day public commentary session; immigrant advocacy groups as well as immigration lawyers are asking the public to support the measure that will benefit a countless number of Latino Families.
“It is important to clarify to public that this is not a law yet,” says Stockton attorney Hector A. Sr. Cavazos, who deals with immigration cases.
Cavazos explained the situation faced by thousands of individuals as they return to their native countries in search of a path to legalization. “Under current mandates, if an undocumented man is married to a U.S citizen and they have kids together and if he does not have a criminal record —since he entered the country illegally— he cannot apply for his green card in the U.S.,” says Cavazos. In this example, Cavazos explained that the husband would have to go to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and wait for indefinite amount of time for his application to be process.
“The current process can subject U.S. citizens to months of separation from family members who are waiting for their cases to be processed overseas. The proposed change will have tremendous impact on families by significantly reducing the time of separation,” said USCIS Director Alejandro Mayorkas.
According to USCIS these individuals can receive a waiver to allow them to return to their families by showing that their U.S. citizen family member would face extreme hardship as a result of the separation.
Many experts describe this path to legalization as a catch-22 situation because the applicants may be eligible for a green card because of the marriage, without the waivers, they can be barred from reentering the U.S. for up to 10-years.
The proposed change would allow the relatives to apply for the waiver while still in the United States, but it would not make these waivers any easier to attain.
“Among some of this regulation’s goals is protecting American Citizens and their families from extreme hardship,” said Javier Guerrero, immigration law student at Golden Gate University School of Law.
Although there are several economic or emotional factors that help determine “extreme hardship,” there is no set criteria said Guerreo.
Cavasos anticipates that the amendment will become a law this year as a way to seek the Latino vote by the Obama administration.
Although perceived as a small change, it is expected to encourage many families to go through this process as the time of separation is reduced.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION, MITT ROMNEY & UNFUNDED MANDATES.
For many years Americans have been financially haunted by unfunded mandates, forced on them by the courts–taxed into paying for illegal aliens who managed to slip through the border or travel on an international jet with no intentions in returning to their country of birth. The most expensive payout is illegal females who are carrying a fetus within her womb, who know if they reach American soil they will get free delivery, post natal care and every conceivable extra that should be the exclusive rights of birthright and naturalized citizens.
The fourteenth amendment has been overreached by the courts and as there is very little chance of changing the law. But the American voters can at least alter the statute, which grants only immediate citizenship to a newborn infant of where at least one family member has actual citizenship status. The “foothold” baby is probably the most expensive unfunded mandated law, which states have to pour out their pockets from U.S. taxpayers. Billions dollars could be saved from bringing commonsense to this section of the law, by passing an amendment. The majority of European nations have passed laws, which are designed to change this insane law we are held accountable too?
I assume that Presidential contender Mitt Romney is aware that illegal immigration is causing fiscal suffering specifically to the working class Americans. Romney also better understand he needs to gain the trust of the TEA PARTY and the women voters. American citizens and legal resident females have no such escape from aggressive debt collectors, while illegal pregnant foreigners are not subject to paying their bills and walk away with no claim. That is why many hospitals in the border states of California, Arizona, Texas and New Mexico have been forced to close their doors, because of unpaid fees. This is why many states are on the edge of bankruptcy, because they cannot arise from the red ink the federal government has created. Same with the children of illegal aliens by the millions that have registered, which have drained our school budgets and so teachers are forced by shortage of educational materials, to buy them for their classes.
This is a new alliance that not just the Republicans, but disheartened Democrats, Liberals, Independents and other party members. The TEA PARTY is sustaining its growing numbers into the millions, who are frustrated with the reluctance of the main leaders in considering the illegal alien explosive growth and the costs of support.
NumbersUSA, a non-profit organization whose dedication is to lower immigration and enforcement of immigration laws, that unless them two parties start by securing the border and have remained inert to increasingly alarmed public of their deteriorating quality of life due to sprawl, congestion, overcrowded schools, lost open spaces and increasing restrictions on their individual liberty caused by the new population explosion! Stop this travesty that is being deliberately bypassed by the Senate and House. Close all the loopholes in the law, which is pandering to the illegal alien invaders.
To learn more about the Obama Socialist agenda, illegal alien invasion and many other social issues, the observer should go to “American Patrol” for in-depth daily articles and reports that should be assessed by all readers. On this website you will find the true facts and not lies, that is distributed by the National Liberal media. A few of today’s subjects are:
World News daily: Obama eyes rebuilding business – in AFRICA!
Jim Kouri, CPP — The Examiner: Lawmaker: White House bends immigration laws
Dave Gibson — The Examiner: India now trying to dictate terms of H1B Visa program
WJLA-TV — Washington: Usual suspects whine about deporting criminal illegal’s
Dave Gibson — The Examiner: Deportable illegal aliens now getting free dental care
New America Media: California immigration ballot initiative hit from left, right
Chattanooga (Tenn.) Times Free Press: Immigrants experiencing quicker job growth than native-born Americans
Cynthia E. Ayers — Family Security Matters: How the enemy uses political correctness to divide and conquer America
Michelle Malkin — Family Security Matters: Don’t do business with progressive appeasers
Kevin McGinty — Topeka Capital-Journal : Eric Holder: There’s no such thing as voter fraud…
Punish the Politicians, Governors, Mayors and the whole mix of elected officials that are harboring foreign nationals, who have implemented Sanctuary cities ordinances, who have driven policies of Dream Acts, Chain migration and other catastrophic Comprehensive Reform packages. Even citizen voting privileges are not safe anymore, from groups like ACORN involved with voter fraud. The U.S. citizenry must step forward and adjoin with the TEA PARTY “THE PEOPLE’S PARTY” to stop the erosion of legal rights, which are being reduced by this administration. Both parties have abused immigration enforcement, by neglecting the fence and the incompetence of acknowledging that ID theft is out of control, that every foreign worker is committing a felony by using U.S. victim’s Social security number and identity in the majority of cases. The illegal alien occupation are racking up over a $100 Billion dollars a year, with no end in sight. Additionally, illegal foreign workers are estimated to wire over $40 Billion dollars annually outside this country to foreign banks.
Posted by Dave Francis (@lostintaxes) | April 12, 2012, 2:22 pm