ACLU: Fullerton company exploited immigrants

"A Fullerton manufacturing business targeted earlier this summer by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on suspicion of hiring illegal workers is again under fire -- this time by a civil rights ...

Asylum Denial Rate Reaches All Time Low

"Very timely Justice Department data show that Immigration Judges are declining substantially fewer requests for asylum. Denial rates have reached the lowest level in the last quarter of a century according ...

Barbour To GOP: ‘Quit Acting’ Like We Can Deport All Undocumented, Search For ‘Common Sense’ Solutions

"In an interview with Human Events yesterday, one high-profile Republican broke with his party and condemned conservatives advocating for policies that take advantage of immigrant labor but fail to comprehensively ...

Dangerous Border Drones

"A private contractor working for the Border Patrol was controlling a Predator B outside of Nogales, Arizona. He accidentally turned off the drone’s engine. As the Predator began to lose altitude, ...

DOJ sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio

"The U.S. Justice Department sued Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates ...
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Other Immediate and Preference Relatives

Each year the Department of Homeland Security establishes a maximum number of family based green cards.  The DHS distinguishes between “Immediate Relatives” and “Preference Relatives”.  Immediate relatives are not subject to a numerical limit, whereas preference relatives which has created no wait time for Immediate Relatives and in many cases a long wait time for preference relatives.  Consequently, it is advantageous to be categorized as an Immediate Relative to a sponsoring US Citizen.  

Immediate Relatives
Immediate Relatives are defined as:

•    Children of US Citizens under 21 years of age that are unmarried;
•    Parents of US Citizen Children over 21 years of age;
•    Spouses of US Citizens.

Preference Relatives
Preference Relatives are defined according to 4 preference categories:

1. Unmarried sons and daughters 21 and over of US Citizens;
2. Spouses (Preference 2A) and unmarried children (Preference 2B) of lawful permanent residents;
3. Married Sons and Daughters of US Citizens;
4. Brothers and Sisters of US Citizens.
 



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