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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have good friends in the US on work visas. I think they have Green Cards, but I’m not sure.  Their 14 year old and 7 year old haven’t ever lived anywhere else. The idea, in the future, that children born in those circumstances could be “sent back” seems complicated or disturbing to me. In cases where the children might not have family or know the language it seems pretty inhumane.

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There is a big difference between being on a work visa and having a green card. I guess you don't know essential information about your "good friends", but feel qualified to pass judgment.
If someone is on a work visa and returns to their home country, their family will go with them. You wouldn't separate kids from their parents, would you?[/quote]

Many people on work visas eventually get green cards and stay permanently [/quote]

Right and they could apply for the same for their kids.  The way it works now is they have US citizens kids, so they get special treatment to get a green card.  [/quote]

You are incorrect. There is no special treatment for parents of minor US citizens; it confers no immigration benefit to the parent at all. [/quote]

Untrue. It is a basis to be paroled in place. [/quote]

Nope. It is discretionary and in no way guaranteed. There is nothing on the books.[/quote]

Correct. Discretionary. And I would bet a lot of money that is the basis for many discretionary grants for parole in place. If the kids were not citizens that would undermine the request. [/quote]

Thousands of parents with US citizen children are deported every year.[/quote]

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