Undocumented immigrants face checks on Amtrak, Greyhound. - Page 3

Yes, the Fox News article about the forthcoming "good news" leaves so much room for speculation. I think the good news involves much more than just protecting us from deportation. Perhaps, the DHS is designing a program for us as we speak.

If the good news was only about protecting us from deportation, the DHS would have all ready announced it. I am so anxious to know what the good news is.

I doubt that a work permit would allow us to leave the country. What is really nice about a permit is that it would protect us from exploitative jobs and allow us to use our hard-earned degrees!!!!! (Assuming that limitations are not imposed on the types of jobs we can apply for).

your right with a work permit all the way at the bottom it says "Not authorized for re-entry" so you will not be allowed to re-enter the U.S if you decide to leave without getting permission from dhs first. But you will be allowed to work, get your license, go to school, etc

Good point. Even then, getting permission from DHS can be misleading. Advanced parole is easy for anyone to obtain; the issue is that the person can be denied admission at a port of entry if he or she has stayed for longer than 180 days, which would be a no-no. So no leaving the country. At the same time, though, given that it might entail some kind of authorized stay and a much less palpable fear of deportation, it's worth it.

There isn't, exactly, but what they are doing is giving deferred action and using prosecutorial discretion. Unless you're an immediate relative not subject to numerical limitations on visas (that is, a parent, child under 21, or spouse), not even an immigration judge can adjust your status to that of a permanent resident, which makes the chance of her getting permanent residency later pretty slim until she gets married.

Still, good advice. There's no need to rush to DHS to get arrested for a week or two at the least, have to post bond, get an immigration lawyer (though I read it's pro bono now because of AILA), and go through the entire process until DHS actually comes out with whatever it is they're cooking up.

and there goes my Florida trip....

Thank God I saw this article before I book my ticket, I was going to drive Orlando to Miami next months.

Well, you could still fly there.

As far as I know, CBP does not have the right to ask anyone for their citizenship status if the encounter takes place 100+ from the border. If anyone have information on this, please share! We need to quantify the risks associated with this particular issue.

This interactive map from ACLU roughly shows the areas where you may be at risk while traveling by road. If you are at a greyhound station somewhere inland, denver for example, I don't think there is any risk. Again, if anyone else can disprove me, please do so. I would like a confirmation just like any of you.

ACLU Interactive map of the Constitution Free Zones: http://www.aclu.org/constitution-free-zone-map

I think that map does not apply anymore, because I have heard of people that get caught well out of those areas. We need to plot like a probability distribution graph. That would be a good way of measuring risks.

Will do. Thank you so much for the information. If a work permit and SSN is granted to all of us, I will, indeed, contact an immigration lawyer.

Does this mean that any bus line is unsafe? I just don't understand the difference between Greyhound and any other bus line. And I keep reading that it doesn't matter if your not within 100 miles of the border they still can board any bus in the US. But I'm think megabus and Jefferson line.