Immigration in the U.S. - Intrusive & Expensive but apparently no one cares...

[jadedone2many]

Today's entry will be about immigration to the United States. I am going to be as eloquent about it as I can without sinking to a place where all I can do is scream incoherently and curse because I am so frustrated & angry with the ignorance of the populace. This post is being made courtesy of this article about the new law/crackdown on illegal

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[rhi_baby_book]

Well said. It's a similar situation here. I get particularly angry when I hear people ranting about asylum seekers. It seems to be common place in our psyche these days to

a) Instead of valuing what you have, looking at others, usually weaker than you, to complain about what they have which you feel somehow belongs to you

b) Inspite of science and democracy believe that a person's rights to be in a particular place is dependent on their genetic material and ancestors birthplaces.

[velvetechos]

Aww man, I can feel ya on this topic. My mother moved here from the Philippines (when she married my father, he was stationed there while in the military), and my husband moved here from England (when he married me). Both of them had it fairly easy as far as immigration goes, but it IS expensive. Luckily immigration lawyers aren't actually needed - but they DO prey on people moving by making it seem like it couldn't possibly be done without their help. I've also got a ton of debt added on to my student loans, since to get Matt here I quick did a trade school that I needed loans for so I could file an affidavit of support. They wouldn't count the fact that I OWN my home outright, and use that to allow me to lower the amount of income needed to sign the support paper (my father passed away, I received an inheritance, so I own my home and my car, no payments needed. The job I had only paid 7.75 p/h but Idaho is ridiculously inexpensive to live in. Matt has a degree in physics and in maths and doesn't have trouble finding work. The

[silviar]

As someone who has had to look through immigration on the possibility that my SO and i might have to live in the US... yeah. *sigh* That's all I got to say to that!

[jdquintette]

I've had a fair bit of personal experience with this, since my wife is Canadian. It took us approximately 4 years and $8000 in various fees and immigration lawyer payments to get her here, as it seems every time you file any paperwork with the US government it costs $150. And there's a lot of stuff to file