Saturday, February 18, 2012

Obama's Proposed Immigration Reform May Be a Double-Edged Sword

By Brandon Sheffley


Below our present immigration laws, some interviews for the immigrant visa, or green card, are conducted together with adjudication of a waiver when the intending immigrant has left the U.S. A waiver is necessary when the intending immigrant is topic to a penalty, such as a 5-year bar due to a earlier deportation or removal. The processing time can be lengthy, thus, forcing the immigrant to wait abroad away from his immediate family members though also risking the loss of his job. If the waiver is denied by the consular authority, the intending immigrant is excluded from the United States and separated from his or her family for 5 or, in some circumstances, up to ten years.

A few weeks ago, the media was abuzz about a so-known as immigration reform proposed by President Obama in order to reduce the hardship surrounding the application of such a waiver. In terms of his proposed adjust, a waiver would be adjudicated in the U.S. ahead of the intending immigrant left for his or her appointment abroad. Following a positive selection by the government, an immigrant would then go to the consulate in order to complete the course of action of obtaining his or her immigrant visa.

This most up-to-date proposal is bittersweet. At a glance, it looks helpful to men and women who are undocumented even though living in the United States, who would wait for a positive choice prior to going abroad. The proposal's key aim is to cut brief the time that intending immigrants are separated from their families.

This is a great argument in favor of the new proposal. If the waiver is adjudicated in the U.S., it enables families the opportunity to stay together and makes it possible for breadwinners to provide for their families for a longer period just before leaving the U.S. for the interview.

A further advantage of this procedure is that it may well lower the anxiety levels for families. Moving on to the second portion of the course of action with an approved waiver is certain to instill far more trust that one's loved one will come back. This will lower anxiety levels and the incidence for producing mental wellness challenges




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