IMMIGRATION REFORM

[joeamoah 4]

Looks like both the Dems and the Republicans are willing to

tackle immigration this coming year. But something strucks me

whenever politicians talk about immigration reform. They only talk about

the borders and the ones here illegally. What about those doing it the right way?? smh..

I actually think the whole visa Bulletin is cruel, it needs to be reformed.

Besides, there's got to be provision for more H1B visas if the US is serious about

innovation.

Fianally most of the immigration laws needs to be updated. Some of the Laws are just

cruel. There is also the need to open more service ccenters to accomodate the daily increases in petitions.

You know Immigration reform should focus on legal immigration not illegal immigration.

This is common sense. Children are waiting for years to join their parents. Siblings are waiting a decade as well.

Why America???? I thought this was the melting pot? where is the pot now? lol

Edited November 14, 2012 by joeamoah

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

**** Moving from Bringing Family of LPRs to General Imigration discussion forum ****

[Lornaevo 48]

I think comprehensive immigration reform is needed, but how do we even begin to tackle a subject such as this. It will be impossible to please everyone with any such reform. I think they do need to secure our borders and Ports of Entries. Something should also be done to help the people who are already here. It's going to be a long and complicated issue. But one I hope they do tackle next year.

[The Mean Lady 604]

I don't know anything about visas aside from the CR1/IR1.

I realize a lot of people are upset about the process and the length of time, but I don't necessarily agree that it should be changed.

I Think going through that process helps to weed out a lot of fraud in itself.

If it only took, say, 4 weeks to get a visa approved, how many more people would attempt to file fake ones?

IMO Probably a lot more.

Not only that, but I think it tests a marriage.

I find too many people on this site getting married after their first or second visit

Then they end up getting divorced a couple months after they move to the US or many times, before the process is finished.

I think these issues would just increase with a shorter time span.

And it gives people the chance to really think if the US is for them.

Because maybe in that time, they change their minds and their spouse's country is a better fit.

Even though I fit in this category, I feel like the only people that should have shorter wait times, are those that have passed the conditional visa mark.

Because you'd think after 2 years, you'd know what you want.

I saw someone the other day that got married in like 2006 or something.

I felt like it was TERRIBLE they had to wait 7 8 9 10 months to get a visa.

Their marriage is OBVIOUSLY legit and they OBVIOUSLY have made a conscious decision to move to the US with a lot of thought.

Edited November 14, 2012 by KDubovik

[thairath 4]

Looks like both the Dems and the Republicans are willing to

tackle immigration this coming year. But something strucks me

whenever politicians talk about immigration reform. They only talk about

the borders and the ones here illegally. What about those doing it the right way?? smh..

I actually think the whole visa Bulletin is cruel, it needs to be reformed.

Besides, there's got to be provision for more H1B visas if the US is serious about

innovation.

Fianally most of the immigration laws needs to be updated. Some of the Laws are just

cruel. There is also the need to open more service ccenters to accomodate the daily increases in petitions.

You know Immigration reform should focus on legal immigration not illegal immigration.

This is common sense. Children are waiting for years to join their parents. Siblings are waiting a decade as well.

Why America???? I thought this was the melting pot? where is the pot now? lol

It's a catch-22: more service centers means higher fees for visas, etc. USCIS doesn't receive taxpayer funds.

[PantomimeGoose 59]

I've been barking up that tree, pretty much since I began researching the immigration process. I do find it odd that things like the DREAM Act have been championed to win the Hispanic vote (apparently with some success), when presumably many Hispanic voters have also been through the process the legal way, and might be expected to resent amnesties.

An average of about one million LPRs are admitted to the US per year; when considering that at least a percentage of those also have a USC spouse who might be pro-immigration reform, that seems like a modest minority voting block to me. I've been surprised to encounter a lot of immigrants/immigrant spouses who for whatever reason are apathetic or downright hostile to legal reform. The most common reasons I have heard are the potential for fraud, solving the problems is too complicated, "The immigration process is not actually too bad/hard/discriminatory/expensive", or "I got through it the hard way and so should everyone else".

I disagree that the immigration process "testing" a marriage is a good thing. It often feels like some of the most romantic parts of our marriage were replaced with separation, unnecessary conflict, and bureaucracy. While we've gotten through those things, I do no agree that it was the government's place to put us through them to the extent that they did. Since we never had the opportunity to be "normal", I guess we'll never know whether we're stronger for them or not. I often wonder how many legitimate marriages this process actually destroys since it does tend to expose couples to problems that most people don't often encounter in the course of their marriage and it puts lives in limbo for several months to as many as several years. I would guess that the process as it stands is actually more damaging for couples with a prior relationship, and more manageable for those who are only in it for a green card or have only had an online/brief encounter and are used to the separation.

It seems to me that to solve the problem of marriages that end in divorce shortly after they begin, the government would need to refuse status to people who didn't stay married for a prolonged period once they reached the US and put people who file VAWA through greater scrutiny. I realize that there are also a whole slew of problems/ethical issues with that though.