You have a handful of choices when seeking permanent residence in the United States. Most people usually choose between getting a green card through family, particularly marriage, or looking at employment visas. There are varying waiting times for many immigrants in different relative classifications, from siblings of citizens to the adult children of green card holders as well as a host of employment options.
Over the weekend Fox news published an article entitled: White House releases ‘explosive’ tally of green cards issued in ‘chain migration’. In this “Exclusive” about chain migration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Lee Cissna is quoted as saying: “For years, we’ve known that large numbers of immigrants have been coming based on petitions from previous immigrants, but this is the first time we really kind of see the whole scope of the problem…
We have seen many changes in US immigration protocol since the Trump Administration came to power. These changes have affected young people through the cancellation of DACA, and more immigrants through the loss of prosecutorial discretion.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions just had his Remarks to the Executive Office for Immigration Review published today.
Sessions placed the blame for the US immigration problems firmly on the shoulders of “smart attorneys” who create “fraud and abuse in our asylum system” and “exploite(d) loopholes in the law, court rulings, and lack of resources (so they could) substantially undermine the intent of Congress,” specifically through the abuse of the system set up for asylum seekers.
The Department of Homeland Security has begun implementing Trump’s Executive Order entitled “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” issued by the President on January 25, 2017. While the language in the memo seems to target Parole in Place, according to the BBC news they were contacted by spokeswoman from the Department of Homeland Security that said it is still a functioning program.