AILA South Florida Urges President Obama to Enact Broad and Impactful Immigration Ref

Miami, FL (PRWEB) August 18, 2014

AILA South Florida is calling on President Obama to take executive action to implement meaningful and much-needed immigration reform. The President has indicated that he is considering using his authority in the wake of continued Congressional inaction on the issue. The President possesses broad executive powers which he can use to help alleviate the current immigration crisis and fix our broken immigration system, making it more responsive to family and business realities.
Practical and impactful changes the President could make within his lawful exercise of executive power include:
Granting parole-in-place to immediate relatives of U.S. citizens who are beneficiaries of approved visa petitions
Ordering that favorable prosecutorial discretion be used to grant waivers allowing foreign nationals to return to the U.S. after traveling abroad for an immigrant visa
Processing all waivers in the U.S., allowing foreign nationals to confidently proceed abroad for their immigrant visas and assure their ability to re-enter the U.S.
Allowing those granted Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a protection granted to those fleeing war or natural disasters, to adjust their status
Adjusting the worldwide visa count to use one number per family unit rather than one per each person in the family
Publishing reasonable unlawful presence regulations, which do not currently exist
Using constructive custody, such as electronic surveillance, instead of incarcerating foreign nationals who are not dangerous
Extending Optional Practical Training (OPT) for students beyond a mere one year, allowing them to use their education in the U.S.
Issuing employment authorization to spouses of nonimmigrant workers, alleviating pressure on the limited H-1B supply

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