Immigration Questions and Answers

Immigration Questions and Answers 1. Is there any recent amnesty policy of President Obama? Why do newspapers keep reporting that deportees will not be deported? Answer: The Obama administration most...

Answer: The new guidelines for the moratorium on deportation of illegal immigrants recently announced by the Obama administration are not a new policy of amnesty for those who can get a green card. Instead, the Department of Homeland Security announced that the government will review about 300,000 deportation cases pending in the federal immigration courts and exercise "prosecutorial discretion" to allow illegal immigrants who do not have dangerous factors such as violence or criminal records to defer deportation. Especially for those who report abuse, they will not be arrested or detained by the Immigration Bureau due to lack of status after reporting the crime. , if you are a college student without a criminal record, you can also seek to cancel the deportation. But it's unclear how widespread the new guidelines will be across the country. Immigration lawyers across the country say they hope it will become more common for federal officials to call immigration lawyers to try to reverse deportations. The new guidelines have caused Republicans to criticize the Obama administration for its intention to provide "backdoor amnesty" to illegal immigrants. However, the Secretary of Homeland Security argued that this move will "enhance public safety" because the government will dedicate manpower and material resources to deporting illegal immigrants who pose a threat to national security and suspend the deportation of immigrants who do not pose a threat to national security and public safety. Under the new guidelines, many young illegal immigrants who meet the requirements of the DREAM Act proposals could be deferred from deportation or even seek exemptions.

The Secretary of Homeland Security stated that approximately 300,000 illegal immigrants, including "Dream Students", who face deportation in federal immigration courts will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis, and deportation will be postponed indefinitely for those without criminal records, and they will be provided with the opportunity to apply for work cards. This policy change will focus on deporting illegal immigrants who have been convicted of crimes and may threaten the country and public security. In June of this year, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Morton issued a memo to agents instructing them on how to handle immigration cases. These instructions apply to young illegal immigrants who qualify for the "Dream Act". Morton's memo advises agents to consider how long the illegal immigrant has been in the United States, whether his spouse or children are U.S. citizens and whether he has a criminal record. Government officials emphasized that indefinitely delaying the deportation of illegal immigrants without criminal records will speed up the priority deportation of illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes. However, indefinitely delaying deportation will not turn illegal immigrants into legal immigrants, but will allow them to apply for work permits. "By law, they can get an employment card, which is basically a tax payer ID card, but whether they are issued an employment card will be decided on a case-by-case basis." The official said that this policy change will give authorities the opportunity to prevent some cases from entering the court system at all. The message of the new policy to immigration agents is that "you don't need to send everyone you handle into the court system."

2. I entered the country legally but have overstayed my visa. My son is 13 years old and a U.S. citizen. Can children apply as parents? If my parents are found to have overstayed their status for any reason, is there any way to avoid being sent out of the country? Can I apply for a ten-year exemption green card?