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Immigration Officials Plan for 700,000 Eligible DREAM Act Applicants

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12-17-2010, 07:25 PM
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The USCIS Director,Alejandro Mayorca,had a conference call today concerning the ability of the agency he leads on handling the prospected large amount of Dream applicants.

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That's the unofficial number thrown out by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorca on a conference call with reporters Friday evening: USCIS is planning for 700,000 illegal immigrants to potentially eligible for legal status under the DREAM Act, the immigration bill Democrats are trying to pass next week.

That's not an official USCIS number, but rather an outside estimate; it is, however, a number that immigration officials are using to plan for the influx of applications, should the DREAM Act pass.

Mayorcas said:

We are not in a position to, as an administrative agency that implements the laws the Congress passes, to assess ourselves what the likely population of youth that would qualify under the DREAM Act is likely to be, but we have heard estimates from external sources, and so for example we have heard estimates most recently of approximately 700,000 individuals, and that...is a number that we have factored in in assessing our operational readiness...We are sufficiently nimble to handle a population should it be above that...

The DREAM Act would give young illegal immigrants the chance to obtain green cards, if they complete two years of college or serve for two years in the armed services, after graduating from high school or getting a GED. Applicants first apply to become "conditional nonimmigrants" while they work to complete the school requirements; they must reapply after five years; after 10 years of holding that status, they can obtain green cards and become permanent legal residents.

While the bill outlines the requirements applicants must meet (proving they came here at age 15 or younger, paying an application fee), it leaves the applications processing to the Department of Homeland Security, under which USCIS and other immigration-enforcement agencies operate.

On the conference call, Mayorcas stressed that USCIS will be able to handle the wave of applications with which it could be inundated if the DREAM Act passes.
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Ohhhhh snap. Its so close and the suspense is terrifying.
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12-17-2010, 07:58 PM
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when the dream act passes how many of you guys are going to actually get the process done by a lawyer??

DO you think it'll be safer and faster to go through a lawyer???
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Yes I think that's the best way to do it, I'm getting a lawyer.
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when the dream act passes how many of you guys are going to actually get the process done by a lawyer??

DO you think it'll be safer and faster to go through a lawyer???
One step at a time bud.
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One thing I would definitely recommend though is getting a physical(I-693) before any formal regulations come into play. You never know if anything might come up and if it does it is better to get it treated before it has to be formally filled anywhere (...and I'm not even talking about STDs). For example, a lot of people can have a positive TB virus test, only to find out it is in an inactive form or you got the BCG vaccine as a kid, but they will make you get an xray anyway etc. only to tell you that you don't have it.

I know a lot of people here don't have HI, so if you do it now, you might be able to find cheaper doctors, instead of having everything done by a Public Surgeon.
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U guys so sure it's going to pass lol? Well I got faith it is
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I'd do it myself... but we're getting ahead of ourselves.
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One thing I would definitely recommend though is getting a physical(I-693) before any formal regulations come into play. You never know if anything might come up and if it does it is better to get it treated before it has to be formally filled anywhere (...and I'm not even talking about STDs). For example, a lot of people can have a positive TB virus test, only to find out it is in an inactive form or you got the BCG vaccine as a kid, but they will make you get an xray anyway etc. only to tell you that you don't have it.

I know a lot of people here don't have HI, so if you do it now, you might be able to find cheaper doctors, instead of having everything done by a Public Surgeon.
You need to have the INS physical done by an INS approved physician. Usually they charge you an assload and don't actually do that much. I've gone through the process of getting the INS physical twice since my family jumped the gun thinking that they could legalize me.
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12-18-2010, 01:45 AM
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gebodupa reminds me...

the Dream Act shouldn't apply to those who are HIV positive.

yeah, i said it. ahora que? wasup?
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