-=> Mike Powell wrote to BILL MCGARRITY on 09-10-17 11:31 <=-

 > There is a catch-22 in the DACA requirement which seems to be troubling some
 > who really don't understand the law at all. Look at social media memes where
 > they're using 'Well, they've been here so long why haven't they applied
et?"
 > The procedure to apply includes going back to your original country of
rigin
 > and applying for a green card at the US Embassy in that country. Then they
 > wait.  There is no fast track for green cards.  I'm sure there'd be no
 MP> problem
 > with the applicant's fees (roughly about $5,000 these days) as they've been
 > working and hopefully saving that money.  The problem is, they must remain
 > there until said application is approved and from what I understand, the
 MP> going
 > timeframe is close to 2 years. See the issue? They leave to apply and can't
 MP> ge
 > back in unless they do so illegally which if caught, they're now a felon
 MP> which
 > negates the entire process.

 MP> As it should.  People from any other country that want to enter the US
 MP> have to go through this process, why shouldn't they?  The only
 MP> difference between them and the others is that they (1) share a border
 MP> with us, and (2) are willing to enter illegally (or someone was willing
 MP> to bring them in illegally) to begin with.  I don't think we should be
 MP> rewarding people who entered illegally while, in affect, penalizing
 MP> those who do so legally.

 MP> Let them go back and get in line with the legal immigrants.

 
Nice spew, but you need to get back to the topic of DACA applicants who were
brought here as minors not under their control.  Most of these kids only know
the US as their home so tell me, just where does one send a minor who was
brought here by their parents at 2 months old? Did the kid commit a crime?


 MP> Also, if they come in legally on a work visa, I am not so sure that
 MP> they do have to go back to their home country and wait 2 years for a
 MP> green card. None of my legal friends have had to.  One of them just
 MP> became a citizen last month.

We're talking DACA, not the EB-1 visa program. When a work visa expires, the
holder must reapply. Those in the DACA program do not have green cards, must
reapply every two years and in order to get a green card must return to the
country of their birth and apply for it.  Remember, there is a lottery
depending on the country of origin as set forth by the INS.  DACA recipients
generally do NOT have a path to permanent residence (green card).  Even when
trying to self deport they must be granted an 'adjustment of status' form or
else they'll be removed from DACA. Being they entered the US illegally, through
no fault of their own, it can be very difficult to obtain legal status via
DACA. The unlawful entry makes them ineligible for a DACA green card. Catch-22.

 MP> Oh, I know, that is just too difficult...  

Maybe you don't understand. Before DACA there was no program to get a work visa
for these.  DACA gave them that opportunity and under DACA guidelines, every
two years they must register AGAIN. None of them have issue with that.  Now,
instead of Congress looking at the Dream Act, which has been around since 2001,
those assholes just kick it down the road.  What the Obama administration did
was jump start it thinking those very same assholes would reopen te Dream Act
thus resolving the issue.  $300 billion/year on a Congress that does absolutely
nothing.  So now we are here.  Ultimatum time.  I am a firm believer in DACA
but I understand why Trump setup the timeframe.  Hopefully Congress will
finally get off it's ass and pass the Dream Act so this bullshit gets put to
bed finally. 


 
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Bill

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