Green Card, Visa, Citizenship News: April 2015 Immigration Tidbits And Rumors

April 2015

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1

A Cruel Joke: The

Waiting Lists For

Immigrant Visas

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Here Is The News

http://www.cis.org/vaughan/waiting-list-legal-immigrant-visas-keeps-growing

Over 4.4 million

immigrants are

waiting for legal

immigrant

visas.


Mexico and the Philippines have

the largest waiting lists.


98% of those

waiting are being

sponsored by a

family member in

the United States.

Their waiting times

are 19 months to 33

years.


2

Are Young Immigrants

Losing Their Protection

Against Deportation?


Here Is The News

http://www.cis.org/north/nearly-40-first-round-dacas-have-not-filed-renewal

Critics assert many

DACA recipients,

who now have

social security cards

and driver licenses,

are thumbing their

noses at Uncle Sam.


There are several

reasons for the

low renewal rate.

Supporters assert

government delays

are the primary

reason and have

caused over

11,000 work

permits to expire.


When their DACA

status expires, young

immigrants lose

more than their

ability to work

legally.

They are again

subject to

deportation.


3

Private Corporations

Profit From Immigrant

Detention


Here Is The News

http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2015/04/16/3647407/immigrant-detention-private-prison-11-million-lobbying/

Private prison

corporations operate

nine of the ten

largest immigrant

detention facilities.

The two largest are

CCA and GEO.


Congress has set an

“immigrant bed quota”

of 34,000 detainees per

day. Most are not

violent criminal

offenders.

It costs about $159.00

per day to house one

detainee. The average

detention time is 31

days.


CCA made over

195,000,000 and

GEO made over

$143,000 in

profits last year


4

A California Solution

For Harsh Immigration

Rules


Here Is The News

http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-drugs-deportation-20150410-story.html

In California,

individuals charged

with minor drug

crimes are allowed

to plead guilty and

undergo drug

counseling.

This allows them a

chance to turn their

lives around. http://www.bataraimmigrationlaw.com

When a defendant

finishes treatment,

minor drug charges

are wiped away.

Under immigration

law, the convictions

still stand and often

lead to deportation

and broken

families.


Under the proposed

change, defendants

could opt for treatment

before pleading guilty.

If they are successful,

their cases would be

dismissed, protecting

them from deportation.


5

U.S. Military Needs Are

Focus Of Citizenship

Programs


Here Is The News

http://www.buzzfeed.com/adolfoflores/army-expands-program-that-expedites-us-citizenship-for-recru

Army officials have

increased the number

of recruits with valid

immigration status

from 1,500 to 3,000 for

the 2015 fiscal year.

An expansion up to

5,000 is planned for the

following year.


Under the Military

Accessions Vital to the

National Interest

(MAVNI) program,

immigrants with

special medical and

language skills are

eligible to become

naturalized citizens

immediately after they

complete basic

training.


On another front,

Rep. Jeff Denham

(R-Calif.) has

introduced the

ENLIST Act which

would make

undocumented

immigrants eligible

for citizenship upon

completing military

service.


6


Will a changing world

religion profile affect

international issues?

Here Is The News

http://www.pewforum.org/2015/04/02/religious-projections-2010-2050/


The Pew Research Center

forecast is based on various

factors:

• Projected change in global

population

• Current size and location of

world religions

• Age differences of religious

adherents

• Estimated religious

switching

• Impact of migration patterns

• Fertility and mortality rates


By 2050 there

will be near

parity between

Muslims (2.8

billion) and

Christians (2.9

billion), possibly

for the first time

in history.


It is quite likely the

growth and decline

of different

religions will

impact global

economic and

social matters.

7

How Many Migrant

Children Will Arrive At

U.S. Borders This Summer?


Here Is The News

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/department-of-homeland-security-says-flood-of-migrant-kids-is-slowing-117252.html

Immigration

opponents claim that

the number of

children trying to

enter the U.S. this

summer will exceed

the surge of 2014.

They assert it’s a

guessing game until

June and July have

passed.


.

According to

Michael Fisher,

chief of the U.S.

Border Patrol,

“based on where we

are halfway through

this year, we will

not see the level of

unaccompanied

children that we

saw last year.”.


At present,

unaccompanied children

caught on the U.S

borders are down 45%.

Immigrant children from

27 different countries

have been taken into

custody. 90% are from

just four countries –

Guatemala, El Salvador,

Honduras, and

Nicaragua.


8

Immigration Fraud Remains

Alive And Well


Here Is The News

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/10/us/new-york-woman-marriage/index.html

In New York a

woman was

taken into

custody for

marrying ten

different persons

whom she then

sponsored for

immigration

benefits.


Nine of her

marriages took

place between

1999 and 2002.

Prosecutors say

she was married

to eight men at

once.


Seven of the

men are

immigrants

from the DHS

list of “red-

flagged”

countries.


9

Is the U.S. Customs And

Border Protection Changing

Strategy?


Here Is The News

http://immigrationimpact.com/2015/04/24/commissioner-kerlikowske-offers-vision-of-change-at-cbp/

Since 9/11 the number

of CBP officers more

than doubled.

“When we lowered our

standards of hiring and

did not properly vet

people, we made

mistakes in who got

hired. We paid a price

for that and are

continuing to pay a

price.“


Some immigration

observers describe the

CBP as “America’s most

out of-control law

enforcement agency.

Violence and corruption

rose in CBP’s ranks, with

nearly one CBP officer

arrested for misconduct

every single day between

2005 and 2012.


The newly arrived

Central American

children are not a

border security

issue.

They are a border

management

problem.


10

No Safe Harbor For War

Criminals?


Here Is The News

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/09/us/us-deports-salvadoran-general-accused-in-80s-killings.html?_r=0

After wars end,

participants often

seek refuge in far-

away lands.

Like General Vides,

they often hide their

roles in carrying out

war crimes.


Some experts said

the deportation of

Vides was a message

to the world that

America would not

harbor persons who

had committed

human rights

violations and war

crimes.


A week later, the

U.S. was publicly

criticized for failing

to pursue similar

actions against an

acknowledged Nazi

war criminal,

Michael Karkoc,

living in

Minnesota.


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