Wow...an article that makes a lot of sense.
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Originally Posted by melody
Unless these young people find a way to change their status under the current immigration laws, they would again be subject to deportation. To change status would be a practical impossibility unless they graduated college and found an employer willing to sponsor them for an H-1b non-immigrant visa. Those that went into the military, would be in a worse situation, as they would not be able to accept any position that would lead him/her towards permanent residency because, the labor certification process would take four or five years to complete. Current law requires them to be in legal status once the labor certification process has been complete, which according to Rubio proposal could never happen as their visa would expire upon completion of college or discharge from the military.
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This has been my concern from the beginning. Seems to me that if this is likely the route of what Rubio proposes, many of us who qualified would end up "overstayers" by the time the expiration date comes. If so, then Rubio is just creating another wave of undocs in the future, and once again, we would be undocumented.
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Originally Posted by melody
At the end, a majority of them would find that they have been on the express lane to anywhere but here, unless of course they marry an American citizen. If this becomes the final option, imagine the numbers of fraudulent applications the immigration service would have to uncover.
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Good point...this happens today too.
But hopefully the actual bill is more sensible than what it seems.