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Facing a rapidly growing backlog of immigration cases, the Bush administration will grant permanent residency to tens of thousands of legal U.S. immigrants without first completing required background checks against the FBI’s investigative files.
What could go wrong?
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FBI NameCheck is the nightmare you always hope to avoid. This is good news.
Also, note that under existing rules, whiel you’re stuck in namecheck you are free to move about the country — you just can’t work or leave it. This merely normalizes an immigrant population that is otherwise in limbo, while still allowing the government to deport people who should be deported as they would be anyway.
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February 12, 2008 3:25 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 15:25
From the article:
“Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), chairman of a House Judiciary immigration subcommittee, said beneficiaries of the change are already living in the United States and often are married to Americans. “The card has no impact at all on security, but it may have some impact in a positive way on their lives,” she said. “It’s not very hard to take away the green-card status if there’s an error.”“
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February 12, 2008 3:26 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 15:26
“It’s not very hard to take away the green-card status if there’s an error.”
Change in status is nice, but then you have to find them …
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February 12, 2008 5:42 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 17:42
True, though that problem existed before the reform, as well: without internal border controls and only minimal job-site enforcement, the federal government’s only control over where you are is that you need to file a change-of-address form if you move and can’t have it forwarded.
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February 12, 2008 8:50 PM
Posted on February 12, 2008 20:50