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Q: Why do the people at the united states immigration service fail to prioritize service to American citizens,?
shouldn't they, you can read all day how us americans are served better by them but thats just so they will look like thats their plan, in reality the truth is much closer to if you know some one in politics it can happen fast for you,as i look at their online list of completion dates for documents sent in, its clear that the workers / visitors and doctors get the fastest responce times for( true)visas, what happend to family unity? i would like a clean answer with no trash talk about race please, thanks

A: Knowing a politician is the best way to deal with government at any level.

Q: Do More Amnesties encourage additional illegal immigration into the United States.?
Is any amnesty a reward to those breaking the law.? Giving amnesty to illegal aliens forgives their act of illegally entering the United States and in addition forgives related illegal activities such as driving illegally and working using false documents. An amnesty results in large numbers of foreigners who illegally entered the United States being given legal status as a reward for breaking the law. An amnesty benefits neither our society nor those being amnestied, but it does benefit employers who hire low-wage immigrant labor. An Immigration and Naturalization Service study found that after living in the United States for 10 years, the average amnestied illegal alien had only a seventh grade education and earned less than $9,000 a year. Amnestied illegal aliens have no sponsor to support them financially. Instead, by enacting an amnesty, Congress places a staggering financial burden on American taxpayers to support those amnestied.

A: Our political leaders are now facing the choice of representing the people who elected them or business' who offer them financial incentives to buy their votes. Not only are we rewarding those who break our laws and lower the standard of living for our own middle and lower class citizens we are penalizing those who have respected out laws and this country enough to take the legal path to come here. Hopefully those who have and will chose to represent the majority will be remembered at election time. (as should those who failed to do so) Now more than ever is the time to vote for the person rather than the party.

Q: Should immigrants who wish to serve the United States be given expedited service?
For instance, should a person of foreign nationality be given priority immigration service for volunteering with the National Park Service for an arbitrary amount of time (let's say 1,000 hours). Please feel free to substitute the type of service and the amount of time as they are both for example only.

A: There was a case in my state, where a young guy in his early 20's died in the line of duty, (in a war zone) a few years back. He was from England, he had lived here since he was 2 years old - LEGALLY on a green card and had sign up as soon as he could join the services. However, the government refused to give him US citizenship, even though he had died serving the US army, he had given the ultimate sacrifice and they refused his family the honor of US citizenship for their son. With all the bad press, a few months later he was given US citizenship in death. A sad case.

Q: What is this new law for family-based immigration about?
My husband and I live in France but we have decided to move to United States. We had all the papers ready for the US Embassy and yet just now when I checked their site I saw the following announcement: "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY consular officers at the United States Embassy in Paris can no longer accept I-130 petitions for family-based immigration to the United States. All I-130 petitions must be filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States." They gave a link which apparently has information on where to file the I-130 form, but the link says that if you live abroad you should file at the US embassy or consulate. We are going to go to Paris anyway to ask them the same question, but does anyone know if I'll have to move to US before I can file a petition for him? I hope it's not true, because of immigration issues we were forced to have a long distance relationship for 2 years, and we really don't want to repeat the experience!

A: That is correct, and the announcement was as much a surprise to us as it was to you. The reason has to do with a law recently passed in the US that requires that all immigrant visa petitioners be checked through the US criminal database. Embassies and consulates don't have access to this particular kind of name check; DHS does. That's why only they can accept petitions from now on. You need to file the petition at the nearest CIS office. Since you live in France, you do not have to file in the US; you can file in Rome. Here is all the contact information you need: https://egov.immigration.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.detail&office=arm&OfficeLocator.office_type=OS&OfficeLocator.statecode=arm

Q: Do people, anywhere in the world, have a right to enter the United States irrespective of our laws pertaining?
Do people, anywhere in the world, have a right to enter the United States irrespective of our laws pertaining to immigration? Do people, anywhere in the world, have a right to enter the United States irrespective of our laws pertaining to immigration? Unless one wishes to obfuscate, there's a simple "yes" or "no" answer to that question. If a "yes" answer is given, then why should there be any immigration requirements, such as visas, passports and green cards, for anyone who wishes to visit or reside in our country? Why not abolish the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services? If your answer is "no," one does not have a right to enter the U.S. irrespective of our laws, what does that make a person who does so? Most often we call a person whose behavior violates a law a criminal. If people commit criminal acts, should there be an effort to apprehend and punish them? The United States is a nation of immigrants from all over the world. The resulting ethnic mosaic goes a long way toward explaining our greatness as a nation. Immigration has always been a blessing for us, and it still is. But yesteryear's immigration and today's differ in several important respects. For the most part, yesteryear's immigrants came here legally. Because there was no welfare state, we were guaranteed that they'd work as opposed to living off the rest of us. Furthermore, they sought to assimilate and adopt our culture and become Americans. That's not so true today, where Hispanic activists seek to impose their language and culture on the rest of us. At some public schools, they've raised the Mexico flag atop the U.S. flag. They've announced that they seek to take back parts of the U.S. that were formerly Mexico

A: No. They're criminals. Yes, apprehend and punish them. Method? Deportation with permanent revocation of their ability to apply for citizenship. Anyone who follows the legal process will be welcomed now as those who have done it right have been in the past.Those who have tried to enter illegally will forever be disqualified from the process. Let that happen a few thousand times and I'll bet the numbers drop like a rock. And of course we should enforce all current laws on the books and build that wall.

Q: Can an immigrant travel within the United States?
I have a mexican friend who wants to travel from Connecticut, to Florida, I think she is illegal, but she has a clean criminal record, and never had a problem with the immigration services before. Can she travel safely, with no risks of being deported? she came into the country 5 years ago, legally.

A: travel by car. better yet tell them to go back home. you bring up another issue that is not discuessed about the consequences of being illegal in the usa.

Q: Does any think that the United States should try this method of solving the illegal immigration and?
the possible reinstatement of the draft system. Arrest all illegal immigrant men along with the ones they catch at the border, and put them in the US military as combatants for the period of 6 years. After six years of honorable service, give them citizenship, but the ones that do not complete the 6 years with honorable service will be deported to their original country with nothing more than what they had when first arrested. Just think how much military personnel the US would have with the illegal 12 plus millions already.

A: yeah i'm sure if that happened you would have a lot of people shouting that they are doing yet another job that americans won't do. i'm up for reinstating the draft for everyone regardless of legal status,social class status and gender. that way we an see who are the true americans who are willing to die for this country and we will see who are the ones who's nothing but talk and no action.though i also agree that its not likely that will happen but can still dream.

Q: Is there a modern movement to secede from the United States?
I have noticed that local and state police are refuseing to enforce the federal laws against crossing the national boundaries. This has resulted in an undue strain on the Federal Immigration and Naturalization Service. Can the local and state police be sworn to support the federal government and defend the Constitution of the USA? This would stop the move to secede from the union. Corruption is not essential to the negation of law if the officers refuse to recognize their responsibility to the federal authority as a Confederacy citizen or a Republic of Texas citizen they refuse to support any of the laws from the central government. The problem with Prohibition Enforcement during that era was that there were no law enforcement officers willing to enforce the law. The riseing tide of drugs and crime is a direct result of this rejection of the law. Immigrants who enter illegally are taking advantage of this lack of protection.

A: Don't be silly, NO.

Q: Basic logic should allow most intelligent humans to realize that men and women join in marriage to be together
so that they can live their lifes together and have familys, so tell me why the united states immigration service seams to view familys as their main targets for total distruction? this must be the case because even the husbands or wifes of american citizens are made to suffer at a level that is far more harsh than most people realize,but on the other hand if you are asking to come to the USA to work the wait is very short for the most part, i'm an american not latino or other and still i have found that after 2 years of waiting for my wife to be let into this country to be with me, i now begain to realize that it may never happen and i and my wife have wasted much life span on nothing more than a horrable lie, why are low skill workers more important to government than real familys trying to be responcable, their is something very wrong with their immigration program and i wonder just how many will suffer before a balanced change will come those who need it most, DO YOU KNOW ?

A: It is a shame when so many people have made a mockery of the institution of marriage for the sole purpose of attaining citizenship...........that legitimate marriages are put through hurdles and tests to prove their legitimacy. Blame all the liars, the cheats, and the criminals for creating an environment in which everyone is assumed to be guilty of that activity until proven otherwise.

Q: new news on immigration crackdown from: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070903/int/int3.html?
Thousands of illegal immigrants, including West Indians, have been granted a temporary reprieve when a United States federal judge prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out new rules to crack down on their employers. The ruling in the Federal District Court in San Francisco has dealt a legal setback to a central part of the Bush administration's effort to increase enforcement of the immigration laws. Judge Maxine M. Chesney also ordered the Social Security Administration to suspend a mailing, scheduled to begin Wednesday, of about 140,000 letters to employers advising them that some of their employees' Social Security information did not match the agency's records. The U.S. government said illegal immigrants often apply for work with false Social Security numbers. The mailings, known as 'no-match letters', were going to be accompanied by a two-page notice from the Homeland Security Department advising employers of the new rules, which give them 90 days to fire any employee who cannot show valid Social Security identification, or risk civil and even criminal charges for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. New rules The Bush administration an-nounced the rules in August, which were expected to take effect on September 10. Judge Chesney has scheduled a hearing on the matter for October 1. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the national labour union, AFL-CIO, several California labour groups and the American Civil Liberties Union. The suit argues that because of errors in the Social Security Administration's database, many Caribbean-born American citizens and other legal immigrant workers could be dismissed because of the new rules. The suit also claims the rules could lead to widespread discrimination against these workers. Last week, Caribbean and other immigrants were given another setback when the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that immigrants with green cards without expiration dates must immediately replace them or face penalties

A: That was Friday, right? Yeah, I think it is a wrong decision, but it had potentially high consequences (except against seasonal workers, since every worker would have 90 days to fix the problem AFTER getting the letter, which comes some time after they start...). Courts like time to consider potentially high consequences, and are human too. As in, even Judges take Labor Day weekend vacations.

Q: What do you think about Mexicans coming to the United States?
It seems like a lot of people believe in God but do they really? america is the most religious nation in the world in terms of attendance at church services and religious meetings. we are overwhelmingly christian and religion has seeped into seemingly every facet of life. "one nation under god". but if im not mistaken, as a result of colonization by the spanish conquistadors, mexicans are overwhelmingly catholicized, and have shown themselves to be some of the most devout followers of christ in the world. so why doesnt that come into play in the illegal immigration issue? if we are all brothers and sisters in christ, why arent they allowed to come to america and make a decent living? it seems like every thing is love thy neighbor on sunday and theez damn mexicans on monday morning. my country (UNITED STATES) cares about one thing.MONEY.. the elite use religion like its a tool.

A: Religion is only good for manipulating the people thats it, most of those whom call themselves christian(political figures), dont care anything about humanity, for what did Christ come to do?, and he shall save the people from their sins. If they really believed in uplifting humanity, instead of helping destroy her faster than a speeding bullet, then we wouldnt have to be worried about starvation, hunger, poverty, disease, and so forth. Its all a tool for more division amongst the sheep. As far as the mexicans coming it doesnt matter if they stay in mexico all the factory jobs will be over there any way, but the govt. doesnt care about them coming over here its like let them come and compete for the lower wage jobs with the poor, and the barely able to further the gap between the rich and poor thats all.

Q: If people are born in the United States, but off the grid, and without a birth certificate, still citizens?
I read a couple little paragraphs over the past few days about Gypsy communities and Illegal Imigrants, and it got me thinking about what the status of a person would be if they were born in the USA, but never got put on the public record, or got a birth certificate. Would such a person have to go through immigration, children's services, or what? Could a person get deported?

A: My mother and her generation were born at home on an Indian reservation, delivered by a mid-wife. They were able to obtain and "Authenticity of Birth" later in their lives by obtaining the proper forms from the government and by sworn and notarized depositions from people who were alive and/or present at their births. My grandfather was able to attest to my mother and her brother and sisters....other family members - Aunts, Uncles, siblings, etc.... The papers are then filed and stamped...once stamped, they are put on file just like a birth certificate. A person born in the US without a birth certificate would have to go through a similar process. It is handled by the Bureau of Vital Statistics.

Q: United States CBP, ICE, CIS, INS, DHS......what is what and what does each do?
What is the difference between the Customs and Border Patrol, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Citizenship and Immigration Services, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and the Department of Homeland Security? What does each one do; and how do they work together? Are some of them non-existant anymore? Just wondering... SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY.

A: the INS is no more. they were split up into three agency withing the department of homeland security, CBP, ICE & CIS. CIS process immigrantion application's and asyllum requests, ICE which has the FPS, federal protective service under it, arrest criminals away from the border's. they also deport the illegial aliens and get involved into human trafficing cases. ice was at the world trade center investigation and help arrest and bring back the nut job who thought he killed jonbenet ramsey. they are the law enforcement branck of the department of homeland securty. they are part of national security. CBP guards the border with the combination of the ex customs, immigration inspectors and agriculture inspectors. they try to stop terriost from entering the country and stop the flow of illegial drugs. cbp also has the largest civilian air force in the world. the difference between border patrol and customs is the border patrol only guards the border while customs work at the border and airports and seaports. both the customs and border patrol are in cbp. they all work together sometimes working also with the coast guard also part of homeland security. customs also enforces its regualtions but fish and wildlife, food and drugs, and department of agriculture too. all are under dhs the parent department for all these agency's

Q: Immigration Forms, Fee and Fingerprints; and Immigration services and benefits programs?
Should United States goverment policy favor certains kinds of immigrants? Should citizenship preference be given to the neediest applicants? The most talented? The most oppressed? The richest? Should applications from certain coutries to given priority?

A: it shouldbe done based on what we need here..... if we need a lawyer......then first coem first serve..........or if we need a fruit picker ......first come first serve......oh_hell

Q: what do you think about the how the judge stopped the illegal immigrant crackdown?
Thousands of illegal immigrants, including West Indians, have been granted a temporary reprieve when a United States federal judge prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from carrying out new rules to crack down on their employers. The ruling in the Federal District Court in San Francisco has dealt a legal setback to a central part of the Bush administration's effort to increase enforcement of the immigration laws. Judge Maxine M. Chesney also ordered the Social Security Administration to suspend a mailing, scheduled to begin Wednesday, of about 140,000 letters to employers advising them that some of their employees' Social Security information did not match the agency's records. The U.S. government said illegal immigrants often apply for work with false Social Security numbers. The mailings, known as 'no-match letters', were going to be accompanied by a two-page notice from the Homeland Security Department advising employers of the new rules, which give them 90 days to fire any employee who cannot show valid Social Security identification, or risk civil and even criminal charges for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants. New rules The Bush administration an-nounced the rules in August, which were expected to take effect on September 10. Judge Chesney has scheduled a hearing on the matter for October 1. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the national labour union, AFL-CIO, several California labour groups and the American Civil Liberties Union. The suit argues that because of errors in the Social Security Administration's database, many Caribbean-born American citizens and other legal immigrant workers could be dismissed because of the new rules. The suit also claims the rules could lead to widespread discrimination against these workers. Last week, Caribbean and other immigrants were given another setback when the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that immigrants with green cards without expiration dates must immediately replace them or face penalties please respond with what you really think not what the media says.... For me i Think its good they stopped it for a while.... sorry to tell you thats not gonna happen. my family owns a company..... and for your info i know some illegals that make about 20.00 an hr...cuz they are good at what they do just because my family own a business doesn't mean they are hiring illegal immigrants. We have to send all of our employees info to EDD just like anyone else.

A: I am kind of glad they stopped it. The reason I am glad is because my sister in law who is an american citizen was given the wrong social security number about 3 times. She is an orphan. Her mother died when she was very young and custody was given to her aunt and then her aunt died when she was about 14 and then custody was given to her grandma who was very old and sick. Well when she turned old enough to drive she had to go get paper work for the SSI administration which had been giving her checks for all those years anyway they gave her number and then she had problems with getting her license and she had to go back. They gave her 3 different numbers before they gave her the right number!