My boyfriend is planning to overstay in the US

[Joe Kano 327]

15 hours ago, Alisa00 said:

Hey Guys,

I was wondering if anyone here can advise me on what to do. My boyfriend travelled to the US on a tourist Visa and was supoose to travel back home(Guyana) on 3rd October but the night he was supoose to leave,he messaged and say he is not coming back. I am 5 months pregnant and he choose to just leave me and his unborn son. I need him back here to help out. I do not want my baby to grow up without a dad and I am just 21 years old. When i spoke to him about it, he said he is working and has a better life there. Please guys I really really really need your help. 

 

Move on with your life.  Once a person is in the USA it rather difficult to get deported unless one commits a felony.  Police for the most part will never ask immigration status.  

 

The way the law is designed in the USA a person who is in the USA illegally is pretty much treated like a person with legal status

[carmel34 3,626]

27 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

The way the law is designed in the USA a person who is in the USA illegally is pretty much treated like a person with legal status

I would also add that people in the US illegally often frequent Facebook pages where they discuss how to navigate life in the US without legal status, and even recommend attorneys who specialize in asylum applications.  Some share their success stories on how they found a USC to marry and adjust status, with illegal work and overstays forgiven.  They recommend the best states and cities, California is a popular one, where they can live under the radar with less fear of being discovered and deported.  So I agree that if he wants to stay he will find a way.

[Joe Kano 327]

16 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Living and working illegally in the US?  

I know countless illegals working and living in North Texas area, they live in nice houses and have nice cars mostly trucks and many of them have horses.  Most never have to pay taxes on income due to owning some kind of service company like painting, landscaper, brick repair, etc.  

 

I know some illegals who were able to get social security cards back when they didn't care about your status, this was about 17 years ago.

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

49 minutes ago, Joe Kano said:

The way the law is designed in the USA a person who is in the USA illegally is pretty much treated like a person with legal status

I think it depends on where the person is in the US.  For example, to get a driver's license in Texas, you must show evidence of legal status.

[Joe Kano 327]

5 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

I would also add that people in the US illegally often frequent Facebook pages where they discuss how to navigate life in the US without legal status, and even recommend attorneys who specialize in asylum applications.  Some share their success stories on how they found a USC to marry and adjust status, with illegal work and overstays forgiven.  They recommend the best states and cities, California is a popular one, where they can live under the radar with less fear of being discovered and deported.  So I agree that if he wants to stay he will find a way.

Yes, I have seen those and seen where they have alerts go out to subscribers letting them know areas to stay away from due to possible border control officers being in the area, and this was a decade ago when I was shown this.

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

3 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

So I agree that if he wants to stay he will find a way.

The easiest way is to start looking for a USC spouse......I think the law should be changed....but that is another thread.

[Joe Kano 327]

6 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I think it depends on where the person is in the US.  For example, to get a driver's license in Texas, you must show evidence of legal status.

Yes, but they just drive and if they get pulled over usually the cops tells them to go.  I have seen them get tickets from being involved in wreck, but it's just a fine they pay kinda like a parking ticket, not much you can do to a unlicensed driver without legal status.  

 

If it was me driving without a license they would throw me in the bottom of the jail and give me a hefty fine

[Joe Kano 327]

14 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I think it depends on where the person is in the US.  For example, to get a driver's license in Texas, you must show evidence of legal status.

In Texas from my observation police are more concerned if you have insurance and not a DL, and most cities have laws to impound a vehicle without insurance.  You can get insurance with no Driver Licenses, so they got that figured out as well.

[Bno 6]

Call Uscis and give them his name and travel information he will be sent home with a month. 

[Mike E 11,739]

19 hours ago, Alisa00 said:

I need him back here to help out. and I am just 21 years old. 

 

I am sorry you are going through this.  
 

It’s a long shot but you can complete and submit a tip via https://www.ice.gov/webform/ice-tip-form after he over stays.  
 

Unfortunately after November 30, ICE will no longer deport anyone in your bf’s situation.  My guess is your bf became aware of this new policy when it was announced during his stay.  
 

My advice is to plan a life for your child and you without your bf in your lives. 

[Beth & Achraf 328]

2 hours ago, Bno said:

Call Uscis and give them his name and travel information he will be sent home with a month. 

USCIS is not about to go looking for him.

 

 

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[Rocio0010 5,579]

3 hours ago, Bno said:

Call Uscis and give them his name and travel information he will be sent home with a month. 

Not how it works. USCIS does not operate so quickly. Also, With the new EO the priority will be terrorists. Third, if somebody would to deport him it would be ICE, not USCIS.

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[SalishSea 17,829]

13 hours ago, Demise said:

Not well versed in family law (especially considering that we've got 50 states, 1 federal district, and 5 territories each with slightly different law), but I assume that courts would count whatever income he has under the table or working with something like a fake green card, and there's some floor to it, and the whole matter of discovery in civil suits.

 

Like once a child support order is issued enforcement becomes a pretty simple matter since in most states if you don't pay they can garnish your wages and if they can't then they'll happily put you into jail.

 

OP probably won't win a lot but whatever she does win would probably go a long way in Guyana.

Right.   I understand wage garnishments when there is a paper trail .   My point is that it would be far less enforceable if someone is doing casual labor for cash, for example.