For Aged Out Dreamers, One Possible "Existing" Solution

Immigration: Registry as Means of Obtaining Lawful Permanent Residence

Summary
Registry is a provision of immigration law that enables certain unauthorized aliens in the United States to acquire lawful permanent resident status. It grants the Attorney General the discretionary authority to create a record of lawful admission for permanent residence for an alien who lacks such a record, has continuously resided in the United States since before January 1, 1972, and meets other specified
requirements.

The registry provision originated in a 1929 law. That law set the required entry date from which continuous residence had to be shown (known as the registry date) at June 3, 1921. The registry provision has been amended several times since 1929, most commonly to update the registry date. The first update came in 1940, when the registry date was changed to July 1, 1924. The registry provision underwent significant change in 1958. That year, the registry date was changed to June 28, 1940, and the registry requirements were revised. As a result of the 1958 changes, the registry mechanism became available to aliens who had entered the country illegally or who had overstayed, or violated the terms of, a temporary period of entry.

The registry date was subsequently changed to June 30, 1948, and then to January 1, 1972, where it stands today. Since 1985, approximately 60,000 people have adjusted to lawful permanent residence under the registry provision.

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This is an existing law. However, the date is currently at 1/1/1972. If we can get support to "update" (not create a new immigration law) the latter law to 1/1/1996, any dreamers that aged out will be qualified for this provision.

If a dreamer is now 30 or more, to qualify for Dream Act, he or she had to have to been in the US since age 16, which means he or she was here before 1996 (2011 - 15 = 1996).

I think we need to promote current immigration law especially The Registry provision. The creation of a new immigration law is tough, but updating / amending an existing law should be doable.

Please contact your Representatives or Senators regarding "The Registry Provision" and updating to 1/1/1996.

The President already mentioned he doesn't want to do this administratively,I believe.

lol sometimes I wish you weren't so knowledgeable Ianus.