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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great news. Thanks for sharing, OP.[/quote]

Please describe why it is great news. You're confirming what I thought about this case, that the people dwelling on it are the ones who already wanted all of the undocumented out in the first place. A majority of Americans actually support a path to citizenship.[/quote]

As an ideological matter, I do think that people who do not have legal authorization to be here have committed a crime and should be deported back to their home countries [b]to get in line to immigrate legally[/b]. As a practical matter, we have been letting it slide for so long that it's much more complex than just rounding everyone up and sending them away. We really need meaningful reform in this area. I would support a path to citizenship for those who can prove they've been living in this country peacefully and productively for X years (5 years, maybe?). Anyone who cannot prove they have been here that long or have criminal records, etc. can go. From then on, we actually enforce the laws on the books. If the laws we have aren't working, lets change them. This problem has been festering long enough. People either need to be able to obtain legal status or we need to actually deport those who have broken immigration laws. It does not benefit anyone to have this strange gray area.[/quote]

Where is this "line" that you speak of?  [/quote]

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process.html

You file your paperwork and then you wait.
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From the website you linked:

To be eligible to apply for an immigrant visa, a foreign citizen must be sponsored by a U.S. citizen relative, U.S. lawful permanent resident, or a prospective employer, with a few exceptions, explained below

So no, someone doesn't just file their paperwork and wait.  They need to be lucky enough to have a family member who is a citizen or permanent relative, or have a job offer from an employer.  [/quote]

There's a reason for those rules. It's to ensure the safety of the American people and also to ensure that individual isn't a burden to the American people.[/quote]

That may or may not be true.  But it also makes anyone who uses the "get in line" rhetoric an uniformed idiot. [/quote]

It is common for legal immigrants' family reunion to take up to 5 years., I know that for a fact. Because there a 'line, - immigration services get to the case when they get to it, basically. There are types of visas that are urgent and not urgent, and pretty limited immigrations services workforce. An uniformed idiot is you.[/quote]

Family reunion only applies if you have family legally in the U.S. to sponsor you.  Your comment above didn't specify people with family legally here.  For people without family, or specific professional expertise, there is no "line" to get in.[/quote]

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