Legal Responsibilities of K2 Sponsor

[Boiler 45,994]

Wehe will wait a very long time for ICE to do anything, that would be measured in glacial terms.

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

4 hours ago, aaron2020 said:

He's not.  There's no obligation to contact the police if an adult chooses to disappear.  

 Okay not a legal obligation but hopefully there is a conscience somewhere in there that they would ...as a social worker I find it awfully concerning when family members go missing and no one notifies the police...

[aaron2020 11,651]

51 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

 Okay not a legal obligation but hopefully there is a conscience somewhere in there that they would ...as a social worker I find it awfully concerning when family members go missing and no one notifies the police...

Agree.

 

I find it cruel to bring someone over on a K-1 or K-2 and not file to adjust their status.  Letting someone become undocumented is bad.  Letting them become undocumented knowing that the K-1/K-2 petitioner is the only way for them to get a green card is worse.  

[SalishSea 18,117]

5 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

 Okay not a legal obligation but hopefully there is a conscience somewhere in there that they would ...as a social worker I find it awfully concerning when family members go missing and no one notifies the police...

Same here, as a nurse.  And as a mom to kids that age who, yes, are 'adults,' but .......

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

5 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

 Okay not a legal obligation but hopefully there is a conscience somewhere in there that they would ...as a social worker I find it awfully concerning when family members go missing and no one notifies the police...

He’s not even asking if he should notify the police. He’s asking if he should notify ICE! 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

4 minutes ago, Jorgedig said:

 And as a mom to kids that age who, yes, are 'adults,' but .......

Now put them in a new country, different culture and language, where they were presumably expecting a decent new life, and set them adrift unable to legally work or study ....

 

(It did also occur to me that “impossible to manage” may mean totally different things to different people, but again that’s a question for family counseling, not an immigration site.)

[SalishSea 18,117]

1 minute ago, SusieQQQ said:

Now put them in a new country, different culture and language, where they were presumably expecting a decent new life, and set them adrift unable to legally work or study ....

 

(It did also occur to me that “impossible to manage” may mean totally different things to different people, but again that’s a question for family counseling, not an immigration site.)

Exactly.  Parenting is the hardest job in the world.  

[JFH 12,191]

10 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

He’s not even asking if he should notify the police. He’s asking if he should notify ICE! 

Unbelievable, isn’t it? He’s not even concerned that these “friends” might not be friends but a group of people who have taken advantage of a young, vulnerable (and possibly lonely) woman. I dread to think what they could be getting up to. Especially the “hard to manage” comments - could drugs be involved? Who knows...
 

He didn’t even ask about how to get help for potential mental health issues. I’m wondering what the mother thinks of all this? 

Edited August 17, 2020 by JFH

[SalishSea 18,117]

1 hour ago, JFH said:

I’m wondering what the mother thinks of all this? 

I had the same thought.  And I really hope she is not in a similarly desperate situation.

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

1 hour ago, JFH said:

Unbelievable, isn’t it? He’s not even concerned that these “friends” might not be friends but a group of people who have taken advantage of a young, vulnerable (and possibly lonely) woman. I dread to think what they could be getting up to. Especially the “hard to manage” comments - could drugs be involved? Who knows...
 

He didn’t even ask about how to get help for potential mental health issues. I’m wondering what the mother thinks of all this? 

Exactly- one of the first things that came to my mind was trafficking (which often involves drugs) and money (since OP can’t work legally) for a young foreign woman. Too bad OP couldn’t come back to clear some things up and see his wrong in basically dangling a carrot in front of her. It’s gotta be a form of abuse to bring someone to the US and leave them in limbo/not fulfill the AOS; when he is the only legal way she has here. Again I know I am making assumptions but with limited info ones gotta assume..

[databit 328]

Nobody mentions COVID?

 

I would not let her back in the house If she is that irresponsible until she gets tested and quarantined.

[portorusa 431]

Quarantined where? Hopefully, in the family home where she belongs.