Shared immigration status

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Anonymous wrote:OP get a good immigration lawyer on retainer. Get yourself converted. Always carry at least a copy of your green card, even to the store--ask your attorney.

They have been detaining US born citizens who LOOK LIKE FOREIGNERS just in case. Sometimes their family doesn't even know where they were taken.

Sooo dramatic.

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Anonymous wrote:"OP can I ask why you're not a citizen if you've been married for 12 years? I'm just curious because it seems like it puts you into a situation with this administration"

It is an urban myth that any foreigner here without proper documentation can marry a USA citizen and easily get citizenship. It doesn't work that way. A requirement is that the non-USA citizen entered the USA legally. You're SOL if you are here without a proper visa or if it expired. https://www.boundless.com/immigration-resources/marriage-based-green-cards-explained

And even if they did enter the USA legally, if they are from a country with a big backlog of people trying to come to the USA to join family, they'll wait for a LONG time.

"Over 1.17 million approved I-130 petitions were waiting for visa availability as of mid-2025
Countries with particularly high backlogs include Mexico, India, China, and the Philippines"

Wrong and wrong.

Not true in marriage

Not true in Spousal greencard to citizenship (3 yrs).

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Anonymous wrote:Did you not tell your DH and ILs that you were here on a U-visa? For the rest, look up U-visa. U-visa is very specific and very difficult to get. OPs circumstances don't apply to the 99% of immigrants.

Yes I told my DH. I didn't tell my in laws. It never came up and we were not close. And yes U-visa is very specific. Maybe I should have told them? But I was young and thought what if they protest and it puts DH in a weird spot? I don't know. I really don't.

Well, the crime you witnessed and testified to to get the u visa probably has a gag order.

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Are you sure about that? How were you granted a work visa without leaving the US which would automatically trigger a years long ban? 🧌

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Anonymous wrote:OP get a good immigration lawyer on retainer. Get yourself converted. Always carry at least a copy of your green card, even to the store--ask your attorney.

They have been detaining US born citizens who LOOK LIKE FOREIGNERS just in case. Sometimes their family doesn't even know where they were taken.

This is just so sad to me. And yes I will and I'm renewing my card this year and I'll file for an adjustment soon. I guess it's good I don't look like a foreigner just basic white girl with a slight texas accent

When you renew your card can't they deport you? Have you ever gotten a speeding ticket? If you are married to a citizen, why would't you become a citizen already? It's the only want to stay safe now.

I see posts on X about them dragging off citizen's spouses going for their naturalization.

U-visa recipients are protected from deportation. This is a very specific visa and its extremely hard to get approved. It comes with a good sense of protection and pathway to citizenship.

It’s an non-immigrant status visa. how would it be a path to immigration and citizenship exactly?

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Anonymous wrote:My in laws are very maga and their beliefs on immigration are hard and have been hard. There is no grey area for them.

I was brought here as a baby and didn't have a say. When I was 19 I got a Visa working with a local women's center. That granted me a green card and I am still not a citizen but I can file for an adjustment now.

We have a fam chat and recently they were praising ice and I sent a message saying that I'm not a us citizen and I haven't always had a green card, not my choice and my reality was very different and I'd love to have a conversation with the. If they are open.

No answer. Crickets. Not even an acknowledgement of that text and we haven't heard from them since. My sil also hasn't heard from them. We've been married for 12 years.

Guess that's all it took to be removed from the "family"

If you’re married to a US citizen you could have become a citizen long ago, right? What’s taking so long?

Too busy writing Troll posts

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Some of you should look up what exactly a U-visa is and the protection it offers and status to those undocumented. The ignorance and stupidity in this thread is beyond

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Anonymous wrote:So that means you are a legal immigrant with a green card. Unless they also want green card holders kicked out?

I honestly don't know. I fear they think we married for citizenship even though I never went through our marriage. Or maybe they lump me into the people they claim to hate because as a child I was here undocumented and they can't accept that. I'm truly not sure without a conversation with them. I thought we could at least have one not that they would give us the silent treatment

I'm an immigrant myself, a citizen after 20 years, and know immigration laws pretty well. Nobody gets deported for running a red light 20 years ago. This is just nonsense. I support ICE. Fully. I'm sick and tired of illegals sucking up resources just because they can. Your ILs are not picking up your message, because it's confrontational. They don't know immigration laws, just like you don't know immigration laws of say, Bulgaria. Not sure what you want from them? A promise you'll not get deported? They cannot give you that. If you used any resources before becoming a citizen, it may become a problem. They don't know what to say, because no matter what they say, it seems to be a problem for you. It's not their fault you were here undocumented as a child. In most countries, in fact in all I know, and I've lived and had long-term residence in 10 different ones, you'd get kicked out as soon as you're found out. I'm sure you had a better life here than in your home country, or you'd not have arrived here undocumented (and I hate this word, because you sure have documents somewhere). And if you hate it here or think you're entitled to stay no matter what and cannot, you know where your home country is.

You are completely out of the loop, PP. I talk to immigration lawyers NOW, who tell me their clients HAVE been detained for entirely outrageous reasons. They get them out, but not before they suffer weeks, sometimes months, in the most horrendous detention conditions. And those are the lucky people who are rich enough to retain lawyers, and who were actually allowed to call a lawyer. A lot can't even do that, because ICE puts them on a fast track to deportation without due process, WHICH IS ENTIRELY ILLEGAL.

The government is not actually implementing immigration laws! It is detaining and deporting people illegally.

Well, I'm literally in the immigrant community and don't know a single person who has been detained and deported. I'm certainly not out of the loop. Stop distributing fear. It's impossible to detain and deport people illegally here since the lawyers are all lined up. You really think any other country would spend months in courts over some illegal? Allow me to laugh. Like this woman who is an "activist" in Colorado, was hiding in church, completely illegal, and they cannot get rid of her!

Just because you don't know anyone personally doesn't mean it isn't happening. What an ignorant way of thinking. I live in Chicago and I can quickly name 5 people who have someone close to them who has been detained by ICE for nothing more than having brown skin. Some of them are US citizens (born here) and harassed for no reason other than having the wrong color skin.

That's the whole point of immigration enforcement: you detain people and ask to see their documents. It's like showing your driver's license and insurance to police when stopped at a traffic stop. Maybe people with brown skin should not be stopped in traffic either? They should be allowed to speed and run a red light without any consequences, because later on it might affect their immigration status? Stop spiraling. In all other countries you have to carry your ID with you at all times and you know it. I traveled for 30 years with different visas in my passport (2 passports full) and they were checked upon an entry to any other country, often I had to show I had enough money to support me during my stay. The fact that the immigration laws here were not enforced for 30 years (for political gain) doesn't mean you can now live here "undocumented" or on "temporary protected status" forever. This entitlement is absurd.

USA also needs a national registrar and ID provided upon birth in the country. Like most other countries. Different than SSN.

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Anonymous wrote:So that means you are a legal immigrant with a green card. Unless they also want green card holders kicked out?

I honestly don't know. I fear they think we married for citizenship even though I never went through our marriage. Or maybe they lump me into the people they claim to hate because as a child I was here undocumented and they can't accept that. I'm truly not sure without a conversation with them. I thought we could at least have one not that they would give us the silent treatment

I'm an immigrant myself, a citizen after 20 years, and know immigration laws pretty well. Nobody gets deported for running a red light 20 years ago. This is just nonsense. I support ICE. Fully. I'm sick and tired of illegals sucking up resources just because they can. Your ILs are not picking up your message, because it's confrontational. They don't know immigration laws, just like you don't know immigration laws of say, Bulgaria. Not sure what you want from them? A promise you'll not get deported? They cannot give you that. If you used any resources before becoming a citizen, it may become a problem. They don't know what to say, because no matter what they say, it seems to be a problem for you. It's not their fault you were here undocumented as a child. In most countries, in fact in all I know, and I've lived and had long-term residence in 10 different ones, you'd get kicked out as soon as you're found out. I'm sure you had a better life here than in your home country, or you'd not have arrived here undocumented (and I hate this word, because you sure have documents somewhere). And if you hate it here or think you're entitled to stay no matter what and cannot, you know where your home country is.

You are completely out of the loop, PP. I talk to immigration lawyers NOW, who tell me their clients HAVE been detained for entirely outrageous reasons. They get them out, but not before they suffer weeks, sometimes months, in the most horrendous detention conditions. And those are the lucky people who are rich enough to retain lawyers, and who were actually allowed to call a lawyer. A lot can't even do that, because ICE puts them on a fast track to deportation without due process, WHICH IS ENTIRELY ILLEGAL.

The government is not actually implementing immigration laws! It is detaining and deporting people illegally.

Well, I'm literally in the immigrant community and don't know a single person who has been detained and deported. I'm certainly not out of the loop. Stop distributing fear. It's impossible to detain and deport people illegally here since the lawyers are all lined up. You really think any other country would spend months in courts over some illegal? Allow me to laugh. Like this woman who is an "activist" in Colorado, was hiding in church, completely illegal, and they cannot get rid of her!

Just because you don't know anyone personally doesn't mean it isn't happening. What an ignorant way of thinking. I live in Chicago and I can quickly name 5 people who have someone close to them who has been detained by ICE for nothing more than having brown skin. Some of them are US citizens (born here) and harassed for no reason other than having the wrong color skin.

That's the whole point of immigration enforcement: you detain people and ask to see their documents. It's like showing your driver's license and insurance to police when stopped at a traffic stop. Maybe people with brown skin should not be stopped in traffic either? They should be allowed to speed and run a red light without any consequences, because later on it might affect their immigration status? Stop spiraling. In all other countries you have to carry your ID with you at all times and you know it. I traveled for 30 years with different visas in my passport (2 passports full) and they were checked upon an entry to any other country, often I had to show I had enough money to support me during my stay. The fact that the immigration laws here were not enforced for 30 years (for political gain) doesn't mean you can now live here "undocumented" or on "temporary protected status" forever. This entitlement is absurd.

If you genuinely believe that every single undocumented person should be deported regardless of any circumstances then there's no point in trying to have a conversation. This is not a simple black and white issue and it's incredibly ignorant to treat it as such. Have a great day. I hope if ICE comes to your door they treat you the same way you want others to be treated.

Nobody is "undocumented". Wah wah ICE asked for my documents!!! You have documents somewhere. You were born somewhere. You have parents who were born somewhere. The fact that you hide your documents does not make you "undocumented". You have the citizenship of the country of your parents. You can go to your consulate and ask for help. You can leave and live legally in your home country. All countries have an obligation to take in their citizens. Obviously it's black and white. Legal immigrants spent years and lots of money following all the rules to have proper papers, had to do medical tests, and take about 20 vaccines as only "healthy" people are allowed to get naturalized. I had to leave the country for 2 years and be separated from my DH, because that's how the laws are (I was here on a prestigious scholarship). I know several people who stayed in their home countries to wait until all their immigration documents were in order, some for 5-6 years, in order to marry or join their families! How about we all become "undocumented"? Sounds much easier to just waltz in and then expect freebies! Looks like all the "undocumented" folks have more rights than anyone else! Maybe we all should invite our relatives here as "undocumented" and have at it?!

Touche

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Anonymous wrote:There are very few people who are truly stateless. Some countries don't accept deported citizens with criminal convictions, again hopefully doesn't apply to you. This is not the majority of illegals. Refugees have documents as they need to prove where they come from one way or the other. Most people who are "undocumented" know exactly where they came from and simply don't want to go back, because they're better off here. You are making circular arguments. I also don't get this fretting about a "good immigrant" status! If you're a young person, you already got free education, are bi-lingual and can easily find employment elsewhere. Do you realize that the US holds only about 4.3% of world population? There are people living everywhere! As soon as my kids are college bound, I'm out of here! Maybe we could do "undocumented" in-state tuition in some other state, whatcha think?!

What do other countries do with illegal economic migrants and their offspring?

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She could have gotten a green card under The Child Citizenship Act (CCA) of 2000 .

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Anonymous wrote:She could have gotten a green card under The Child Citizenship Act (CCA) of 2000 .

No I absolutely couldn't have gotten a green card under CCA.

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Anonymous wrote:My in laws are very maga and their beliefs on immigration are hard and have been hard. There is no grey area for them.

I was brought here as a baby and didn't have a say. When I was 19 I got a Visa working with a local women's center. That granted me a green card and I am still not a citizen but I can file for an adjustment now.

We have a fam chat and recently they were praising ice and I sent a message saying that I'm not a us citizen and I haven't always had a green card, not my choice and my reality was very different and I'd love to have a conversation with the. If they are open.

No answer. Crickets. Not even an acknowledgement of that text and we haven't heard from them since. My sil also hasn't heard from them. We've been married for 12 years.

Guess that's all it took to be removed from the "family"

They know yours lying because women’s shelters and low paying nonprofits cannot and do not sponsor green cards or work visas for people.
So you either didn’t work there or you worked there with no visa, just your undocumented status.
Thus they all know you married for document status. No big company gave you a greencard ever, you’re not a highly skilled H1-B worker. And you lie about it.

You married their son for spousal greencard and then could convert it to citizenship anytime after three years of marriage.

So Drop the act. You look like a fool Op.
“a shelter funded my green card…”. Lol. Said no one ever.

A women's center that works with probono lawyers helped me file and obtain my U-visa. Have you heard of legal clinics? Bar associations? I never said a company sponsored me or gave me a green card. I have said many times I have a U-visa. You look like you zero reading comprehension.

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Wow. The troll is really busy replying to itself in this thread.

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There are numerous instances of people here legally being detained.
Woman born in MARYLAND, USA – detained for 25 days https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/diaz-morales-maryland-ice-custody-texas/
Woman showed up for her scheduled, routine asylum application hearing and thrown in detention for 3 months before even getting her scheduled hearing - https://wgno.com/news/louisiana/ukrainian-woman-freed-from-louisiana-ice-facility-legal-battle-continues/
Man in US legally detained after showing up for his immigration appointment - https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/01/12/nyc-council-arrest-mamdani-ice/

My DIL was brought here illegally when she was 5. She’s a nurse – something that our country is critically short of. She finally finished up her citizenship application. It is not an easy journey.