Legal Immigrants Hope to See DREAM Act Extended to Cover Them, Too

Miller-McCune by Lindsey McCormack | May. 29, 2009 (Special Report)

His father, a computer programmer, applied for a green card as soon as he could file the paperwork. Bhaskar would have benefited from that petition, but at 21, he was hit by a provision called "aging out" — a consequence of a visa processing backlog that affects thousands of aspiring Americans a year. He continues to live in the United States on a student visa, but Bhaskar may be legally obligated to leave after he graduates from business school next year. Full Story »

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Member Tags: DREAM Act, immigration reform, undocumented immigration, documented immigration, immigrants
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Posted by: Posted by J Sinclaire - May 29, 2009 - 9:45 AM PDT
Reviewed by: J Sinclaire (review), Naomi Isler (review), Mindy Phypers (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - May 29, 2009 - 2:40 PM PDT

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Mindy Phypers
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 by Mindy Phypers - May. 30, 2009
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Naomi Isler
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 by Naomi Isler - May. 29, 2009

It uses personal examples to illustrate one more major problem in immigration law and bureaucracy which no one is able to resolve - though resolution should be fairly simple legislatively and bureaucratically.

It is a tragedy waiting to happen to thousands of people and no one wants to do anything but make it a political ping pong ball!

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J Sinclaire
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 by J Sinclaire - May. 29, 2009

This is a great article, because it not only explains the DREAM Act, but also the unintended consequences of excluding documented immigrants in that bill. This is a part of immigration reform that no one else has covered.

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