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[russian_armenian 4]

You are way too harsh. In my opinion, any addiction is more of a medical problem. (Try to quit drinking coffee or smoke; or you think smoking is not affecting people around? Think twice. I am one of many whos life in not affected by drugs but have huge problem with smoke around)

We don’t even know if he is a dealer or how big his bag with coke was. I would say-first time offenders deserve a second chance and they need medical treatment. The hope is that some of the addicts would break the habit. They need help to do it. The op asked for help here. Sometime, the info that others in the same position overcame the problem is helpful and encouraging.

By the way, for me personally cigarette smokers are worse than drug addicts only because--- I dont deal with drugs/dont have close friends/family members on drugs BUT cigarettes give me a horrible headache (for days/week; I am almost disabled at this time-cannot eat, read, watch TV, even think-it is that bad. By the way, I like the tobacco smell-so, I am not one of those who just freak out due to bad smell).

So, cigarette smoker will be deported from my family or will require to get anti-addiction treatment

Everyone who keeps making obvious statements to the effect of, "drugs are bad". Gallowglass's post was particularly notable.

Good. If you noticed it, then maybe the OP will too.

Everyone seems to know that drugs are "bad". Yeah, everyone apart from the OP, it seems.

You get caught with a bag of coke, you do the time and take the consequences. In other words, you don't put yourself in a position where you get caught with drugs in the first place. You made a promise when you got your visa that you'd behave yourself, or suffer the consequences. The specific circumstances surrounding the OP's case are now a matter for the criminal courts - not this forum. and this is the wrong bloody place to be looking for sympathy.

USCIS and the USA owe each and every one of us absolutely NOTHING, people.

Zip.

Nada.

Sweet FA.

Folks would want to start getting that into their heads right now. We're all ultimately starting on a path to citizenship here. That entitles us to all manner of good things - but also presents us with obligations and duties. One of those duties is NOT TO BREAK THE BLOODY LAW!! Our new home has laws and they are to be respected, adhered to and obeyed - no more, no less. If part of those laws mean that they can run you out of the place if you commit a felony while adjusting status....well, "if you can't do the time, don't etc."

My point? If the OP wants to get himself messed up with this sort of #######, it shows zero care or anything else for all those here who are playing by the rules and waiting on the other side of the world from loved ones. The OP has diverted the attention and resources of a number of State and/or Federal agencies to deal with HIM, because he's made himself a problem. Those resources are therefore not focused on the rest of us and we have to wait that little bit longer. It is these incremental increases, mounting statistics, crime analysis building into types and/or the number of offences committed by people in his situation, by people from wherever he comes from that slow our processing times even further.

Think about that for all those who didn't get a touch today or yesterday.

Could it possibly be because someone at UCIS was just about to deal with your file when the phone rang and it was a police officer looking for details on the OP's immigration status? How many more calls like that were made yesterday? and how many more of us will go yet another 24 hours with nothing but silence from USCIS?

The bottom line is that we have an individual who entered the US legally, but who has subsequently apparently committed a felony. Enough like him, and that will cause a serious problem for the rest of us. It's called reaching a tipping point. If enough people who are in X situation subsequently do Y action (which is a crime), then policy shifts. There's a demand to stop Y from happening, and the source is looked at. If it appears that people from Z location are committing Y, then Z location gets a harder time.

Again, think about that for all those who didn't get a touch today or yesterday.

Suppose USCIS policy is now to be more careful/ more thorough/ go slower on applications from a particular country?

I've worked in government for long enough, dealing with exactly these kinds of issues to tell you that this is exactly how the world works. It affects us (in our unique situation here) far, far more than we'd imagine.

Remember. You are ambassadors for you country and for everybody else here, regardless of race, country of origin or religion. You are both morally and legally obliged to behave yourself in what you are going to call home.

So was I harsh to the OP? You bet. But he's in the wrong place if he's looking for sympathy.

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Minor possesion is not a Felony.

Seems reasonable to suppose OP was dealing.

[archie07 0]

http://www.crimeandpunishment.net/FL/

[Peggy 1]

I feel bad for his wife that brought him here.

Carrying a big bag of drugs is not very smart........

Maybe he has a bad addiction and needs help to get clean.

Good luck to you