Biden to Announce New Immigration Rule to Protect Spouses of U.S. Citizens
According to this entertaining article, there is a reality teevee show called "90 Day Fiancé" about foreigners who marry U.S. citizens to gain admission to the country. After reading the article, I set my system to record future episodes. Look at the below description from the article. It sounds like great entertainment.
Quote:
Another of this season's noteworthy couples is Rosemarie, a sweet and cute young lady from a desperately poor village in the Philippines, and Big Ed, a California photographer in his fifties who stands 4 foot 10 and must weigh about 250 pounds. He slathers his hair in mayonnaise (really) and tells us in episode one that he hasn't had sex in 28 years. Aside from the fact that he has no neck and a variety of other physical limitations; poor Ed is also shockingly rude and petty. He demands that poor Rosemarie subject herself to an STD test for no good reason. He conceals from her the fact that he's scheduled to undergo a vasectomy. And he presents her with toothpaste and a new toothbrush after telling her that her breath stinks, among many other ridiculous moments.
Again, you see the two together and think "no way". Until that is, the scene shifts to Rosemarie's desperately poor village in the Philippines, where Big Ed endures the "worst night of his life" in her family's humble, improvised home sleeping on a dirty mattress on the floor in a rainstorm under a leaky roof without electricity. In the morning, he is hosed off like the swine that he is by the girl's father in their makeshift shower before he tells her that he has to move to a hotel because he needs 1,000 thread-count sheets or better. Rosemarie's sister hits him up for money and at one point in the proceedings, Big Ed remarks, "I'm beginning to think I might be her meal ticket." D'ya think, Ed?
According to Wikipedia, current law allows someone who plans to marry a U.S. citizen to enter the country for 90 days, which is enough time to make marriage arrnagements.
Today, Biden plans to announce a rule change that will allow real long-term spouses of U.S. citizens permanent residency, which would seem to be an improvement over the current 90-day rule.
Quote:
The big picture: Obtaining legal status after marrying a citizen is a long and cumbersome process that requires people who entered the U.S. without authorization to move to their home country for at least 10 years before they can legally reside in the U.S.
- That means many immigrants don't apply for legal permanent residence, a key requirement to eventually become a citizen, and live in limbo.
Zoom in: Under the proposed rule, roughly 500,000 immigrants in the country without authorization and 50,000 people under 21 years of age whose parent is married to a U.S. citizen will be able to apply for legal permanent status, also known as a green card, without having to leave the country.
- They'll also be eligible for a three-year work permit.
- Eligibility is strict. Applicants will have to prove they have been in the U.S. for at least 10 years before June 17, 2024, and they have to be legally wed.
More...
Quote:
“This is the biggest thing since DACA,” said a source familiar with the matter, an immigration advocate, adding that it was a smart political move by the Biden administration.
More...
Is this a good policy? It will almost certainly be challenged in court as a form of executive overreach. Being announced at the 10th anniversary of DACA will draw significant attention to it, making it an almost certain topic for a question at the debate next week.
