Thread: Amnesty + Family Reunification = Soc. Sec. Disaster

Go to any Social Security office in the country. If you are there long enough you will inevitably see the elderly person, led along--perhaps arm in arm--with the young immigrant family. They are not going to be able to have a conversation with you. They haven't been employed in the US at all. They have never paid anything in to the Social Security fund. And if an amnesty passes for illegal aliens, with no change in our family reunification policies, you will see many more of them.

They have come to the US to get in on the Supplemental Security Income benefit. And they are sponsored by their lawfully admitted children who have made promises--often not verified--that they will be providing a certain level of support for them. All thanks to the generosity of US taxpayers.

When our immigration policy changed to a bias of "family reunification" it open the door for such bizarre circumstances which, as more people discover the easily obtained financial benefit, has become more commonplace. One need not be a US citizen to sponsor an elderly mother or father to come to the US and be paid several hundred dollars per month. Lawful Permanent Resident status will work, too.

And what group do you think would be given Lawful Permanent Resident status--and thus able to bring qualified applicants to the US to be awarded sizable monthly SSI payments--if an Amnesty Bill is passed in Congress?

I think you guessed it!

Sen. Patrick Leahy has even introduced a bill that would give LPR status to the foreign, gay partners of US citizens and LPR's. Soon they would be able to be sponsors, too.

The 2009 immigration amnesty bills need to be stopped in the Senate Judiciary Committee NOW! Call against the DREAM Act, the Uniting American Families Act, and comprehensive immigration reform (amnesty) hearings. Please call or write the members:
http://judiciary.senate.gov/about/members.cfm

I used to work in an office building that housed a Social Security office. The entrance to the office was off a hallway. When I came to work in the morning the hallway would be filled with people waiting for the office to open. On rare occasion I saw a person that looked like they were born here and speaking English. Very rare. I heard every language under the sun.

Also, I worked with a young girl who had a 15-year-old friend visit from China. Some how the girl got on our Social Security pay out and she went back to China. Her check is direct deposited in an account here and her contact pulls money out and send it to her.

Anyone wonder why we are having money problems and Social Security will not be there when we retire?

CaptainRon wrote:

And they are sponsored by their lawfully admitted children

And these lawfully admitted children who sponsor them are anchor babies. How else could the children be legal when their parents are not? Its quite the racket, quite a blatant exploitation of our insane immigration policies.

We need to change the chain migration policies AND clarify the 14th Amendment which was never meant to allow the repopulation of the US with anchor babies.

CaptainRon wrote:

One need not be a US citizen to sponsor an elderly mother or father to come to the US and be paid several hundred dollars per month. Lawful Permanent Resident status will work, too.

Thanks for clarifying this, CaptainRon. I wasn't sure if they had to be citizens or just legal residents. This is SO outrageous, just appalling that this is allowed to continue!

"Immigration through a Family Member

Overview and Process

A lawful permanent resident is a foreign national who has been granted the privilege of permanently living and working in the United States. If you want to become a lawful permanent resident based on the fact that you have a relative who is a citizen of the United States, or a relative who is a lawful permanent resident, you must go through a multi-step process.

The USCIS must approve an immigrant visa petition, I-130 Petition for Alien Relative, for you. This petition is filed by your relative (sponsor) and must be accompanied by proof of your relationship to the requesting relative.

The Department of State must determine if an immigrant visa number is immediately available to you, the foreign national, even if you are already in the United States. When an immigrant visa number is available, it means you can apply to have one of the immigrant visa numbers assigned to you. You can check the status of a visa number in the Department of State's Visa Bulletin.

If you are already in the United States, you may apply to change your status to that of a lawful permanent resident after a visa number becomes available to you, using Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status. This is one way you can apply to secure an immigrant visa number. If you are outside the United States when an immigrant visa number becomes available, you must then go to the U.S. consulate servicing the area in which you reside to complete your processing. This is the other way to secure an immigrant visa number. Your relative (sponsor) must prove that they can support you at 125% above the mandated poverty line, by using Form I-485, Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act.
Eligibility

In order for a relative to sponsor you to immigrate to the United States, they must meet the following criteria:

They must be a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the U.S. and be able to provide documentation providing that status.

The relatives which may be sponsored as an immigrant vary depending on whether the sponsor is a U.S. Citizen or a lawful permanent resident.

If the sponsor is a U.S. Citizen, they may petition for the following foreign national relatives to immigrate to the U.S:

Husband or wife
Unmarried child under 21 years of age
Unmarried son or daughter over 21
Married son or daughter of any age
Brother or sister, if the sponsor is at least 21 years old, or
Parent, if the sponsor is at least 21 years old.

If the sponsor is a lawful permanent resident, they may petition for the following foreign national relatives to immigrate to the U.S.:

Husband or wife, or
Unmarried son or daughter of any age.
In any case, the sponsor must be able to provide proof of the relationship.

Preference Categories

If you wish to immigrate as a relative of a U.S. Citizen or lawful permanent resident, you must obtain an immigrant visa number based on the preference category in which you fall.

People who want to become immigrants are classified into categories based on a preference system. The immediate relatives of U.S. citizens, which includes parents, spouses and unmarried children under the age of 21, do not have to wait for an immigrant visa number to become available once the visa petition filed for them is approved by USCIS. An immigrant visa number will become immediately available. The relatives in the remaining categories must wait for an immigrant visa number to become available according to the following preferences:

First preference: Unmarried, adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. Adult means 21 years of age or older.

Second Preference: Spouses of lawful permanent residents, their unmarried children (under twenty-one), and the unmarried sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents.

Third Preference: Married sons and daughters of U.S. Citizens.

Fourth Preference: Brothers and sisters of adult U.S. Citizens.

Once USCIS receives your visa petition (Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative), it will be approved or denied. USCIS notifies the person who filed the visa petition if the petition was approved. If you are living outside the United States or choose to obtain your visa outside the U.S., USCIS will then send the approved visa petition to the Department of State's National Visa Center, where it will remain until an immigrant visa number is available. The Center will notify the foreign national when the visa petition is received and again when an immigrant visa number is available. You do not need to contact the National Visa Center, unless you change your address or there is a change in your personal situation, or that of your sponsor, that may affect eligibility for an immigrant visa, such as reaching age 21, marriage, divorce, or death of a spouse. If you are living within the United States and choose to adjust status in the United States, USCIS will adjudicate your Form I-485. You (and your petitioning relative) may be required to appear for an interview at a local USCIS field office. You should also advise USCIS of change of address or any change in your personal situation, or that or your sponsor, that may affect your eligibility to adjust status.

Note: If you were under 21 when the visa petition was filed on your behalf and then turned 21, you may be eligible for coverage under the Child Status Protection Act."

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/ ... f3d6a1RCRD

The way I read it, according to the rules as identified above, a lawful permanent resident cannot sponsor their parents.

MW - Thank-you for posting the info and link. I'm keeping the link to check other info in the future.

So according to this, one does have to be a US citizen to sponsor parents. However, since the anchor babies are automatically US citizens at birth, once they become adults, they can sponsor not only any spouses or children who might be illegal or non-residents, but also their parents and any siblings who are illegal or non-residents.

builditnow wrote:

MW - Thank-you for posting the info and link.

You're welcome, builditnow.