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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It doesn’t matter. Run of the mill green card applicants wait years to get their cards approve. The slightest whiff of anything leads to a rejection. He is never getting his conditional green card switched to a permanent green card, which means he will have to leave. This is separate from his rights etc etc.[/quote]

I dunno what you're talking about, marriage-based green cards are typically sorted out in 14 to 24 months.  It's definitely not "years".  And it's not "the slightest whiff", as marriage to a US citizen typically clears away most things that would bar admission, for instance, working without permission. [/quote]

Marriage based green cards start off as a conditional green card approval for two years. So you get to stay for two years. After two years you have to file to get conditions lifted and a permanent green card. To do that the couple still have to go to interview and show they have a real marriage. You see people stressing out over the smallest things at this point to ace this interview. No immigration officer is going to lift conditions on his conditional green card. [/quote]

Yes, I was going to bring this up as my DH and I went through this process after we got married.  They specifically ask on the petition to remove conditions if the applicant has ever been arrested, detained, indicted, charged, fined or imprisoned for breaking or violating any law or ordinance.....etc.  They have to provide documentation related to the charges.  This would make it easier because the authorities wouldn't have to revoke his Green Card, they would just let it expire without the conditions removed.

I haven't been following this closely so I really don't know what he did or didn't do, but to get involved in somethiing that could lead to arrest when you're on a conditional GC is not wise.  As a PP said, we were also told that my DH shouldn't even get a traffic ticket while he was on conditional GC status!  [/quote]

Well, that's the issue here, I guess.  The articles say he hasn't been charged with any crime.

So if all he did was ATTEND a protest (Constitutional Right to Assemble, right to free speech) - that is not illegal, right?

So why was he detained?

If the reason is "You aren't allowed to protest in defense of XYZ people..."   that's really bad.  That violates his right to free speech.[/quote]

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