DREAM Act Portal Forum - View Single Post - Deportation delayed for St. Mary's graduate

deftbeta · 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by KindaWant

The whole "sponsor their parents/family" rhetoric is nothing more than a mere talking point.

The process would take in excess of 20 years.

Lets look at the case of a Dream Act beneficiary originating from Mexico with a parent who entered without inspection (who we all know is what these guys are against).

Best case scenario the Dream Act beneficiary receives their Conditional Residence status at 18, They would not become a citizen until they reached 24. Their parents would be in their 40's (best case scenario). With the petition backlog + 10 year ban. That's 15-20 more years (best case scenario). Their parents would be 55-60 years old before gaining residence. They would need to be alive another 25-35 years in order for a sibling (aunt/uncle) to gain residence if they die that's it the petition stops. Aunt's/Uncle's would be 85-95 years old (again this is best case scenario).

If they have got siblings chances are they are already a citizen (by birth) or also fall under the Dream Act. If they don't that would be a 20-25 year wait for them.

Indeed. The chain migration argument from the opposition is quite baseless. They claim you'd be able to apply for just about anyone into this country but realistically it'd be just your immediate family and to be more exact pretty much just your parents. If your siblings happen to still be undocumented they're going to depend on the DREAM Act like kindawant said.

I just got my citizenship and from the looks of it I might just be able to apply for my parents right now, they're in their 50s. Siblings case may take years so the DREAM Act would be their one alternative. The opposition claims I'll be able to apply for uncles, cousins etc. and that is their main argument about it which is false . They just want to water it down for the sake of watering it down and making you less than them. (Have less rights then them). (Kindawant could you link me to where You get the info on applying for aunts/uncles? I didn't know it was even possible. Not that I'm planning to do it but curious.)

I'd say that the suggestion to take that option away from the DREAM Act makes sense just to shut the opposition up but then again their argument against it is baseless. I mean it doesn't really help me with my parents and my siblings would get their deal w/ DREAM but it's just not right to alter DREAM in such manner just to make someone who doesn't like its overall premise happy. While most parents would not mind as long their kids get their situation fixed, it is the creation of a second class citizen (as mentioned many times before). I mean what will happen if you get a hot Russian wife? You'd not be able to apply for her! Bummer

If you're happy doing that for the sake of shutting someone up GOOD FOR YOU, but at the end of the day the opposition will just come back with another baseless argument and little by little water DREAM down to where it won't even be the DREAM Act many are fighting for or even worst, A DREAM Act that you don't qualify for!

The DREAM Act is good as it stands and none of the fights here matter either way. As mentioned before, no Congressman reads the arguments here so trying to redefine DREAM on DAP is a waste of time, much all of the above I just typed.