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10-04-2017, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by NattUhhLee View Post
That number is still too high for "chain migration". This number is assuming that every DACA recipients parents are eligible to be petitioned. We have to remember over 50% of undocumented immigrants entered without inspection (EWI) and therefore would need to have an approved waiver to undergo consular processing. And we all know that waiver is not the easiest to get approved.

Plus I'm surprised no one is mentioning that DACA recipients would have a 13-15 yr wait to become citizens, and hence would not petition parents right away.
**Yes I'm aware we can petition parents as a LPR but by the time their Priority date is current it would have been the same as waiting until the DACA recipient was a US citizen
And then there's DACA recipients whose parents already have permanent residence or have USC siblings that can petition their parents when they are 21 years of age.
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