An emergency court order is sought to be taken by the Obama administration in order to move ahead with President Obama’s action on immigration reform.
The authorities at the Department of Justice will strive to take what is called as an “emergency stay” that would particularly undo a Texan judge’s ruling that took place earlier in the week. If the officials are successful in getting the stay in place it would then be possible for the government to restart the 2 executive action programs that have been placed in straitjacket mode. The executive action was slated to protect millions of illegal immigrants from getting deported. The Department of Justice is expected to file for the stay and expect the result by Monday. The emergency stay has also been actively supported by those who advocate immigration rights and these groups want the programs to be up and running pronto, reports say. An important official in an Immigration Center stated that immigrants across the country have been waiting for the much-needed improvements to the beleaguered immigration system for many years, and a mis-judged legal decision should not delay the process any more than it should.
Two initiatives were launched by the Obama administration last year, in the month of November. The first one extends capacity to the President’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or the DACA program of 2012. This program basically puts a stop to the deportations and extends work permits for a certain category of illegal immigrants who came to the country as children. The second one, known as DAPA could accord similar benefits to the parents of those who are now U S citizens and permanent residents of the country with legal standing.
With reference to immigration when an applicant applies for adjustment of status he or she is required to go through what is called an Immigration Medical Examination. This exam can only be conducted by specially appointed Civil Surgeons; these are physicians appointed by USCIS, or the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Only USCIS approved civil surgeons are authorized to conduct the US Immigration Medical Exam. The main reason why authorities have the applicants go through the examination is to avoid the possibilities of a major health condition or disease, making the applicant inadmissible on public health grounds.
The Immigration medical exam usually consists of medical tests that also include Vaccinations, Tuberculin tests and other physical examinations. The exam also includes blood and urine tests apart from other relevant x-ray examinations.
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It is entirely up to the applicants to select the Civil Surgeon in his or her vicinity, after comparing fee structures of various Civil Surgeons. An appointment can then be scheduled for taking the entire Medical Examination during a suitable time slot. easyIME coordinates with the doctors and applicants so that the entire exam procedure can be done smoothly!
It is to be remembered that the immigration medical exam cost is borne by the applicant.
The Obama administration announced on Tuesday that spouses of some high-skilled immigrants who were working in the USA would be allowed to work on their own. This regulation was announced by the government on Wednesday and would come into effect 90 days later.
This regulation affects those people with H-4 dependent spouse visas – these mates are seeking employment-based legal permanent status, this is usually known as a green card. The spouses will be able to work now while their mates’ applications were being processed. It was estimated by the government that more than .18 million people will be eligible to apply for employment in the first year, and 0.5 million subsequently in the coming years. The director of USCIS was quoted to having said that it was a perfectly legitimate measure to have allowed the spouses of the visa holders to legally work in the country. The announcement came just when the funding for the Department of Homeland Security is threatening to run out of funds, but many feel that this was an important step in trying to fix up the already beleaguered immigration system. It was a step forward in the right direction, many feel.
A federal judge in Texas has sided with the state and 25 other states in the United States of America, by ordering a halt to President Obama’s executive action on immigration. All these states have filed lawsuits which oppose the President’s initiatives.
Protection from deportation and work permits to as many as 5 million unauthorized illegal immigrants form a part of the executive action. The lawsuits will prohibit this from happening. The first of these programs was to start receiving applications from Wednesday. The ruling will now have an enormous impact – around 270,000 undocumented and unauthorized, illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children will not be able to apply for deportation under the expansion of an existing executive program.
According to the President’s critics the Obama administration had failed to comply with the basic administrative procedures for putting in such a vast program into execution. On the other side Washington and 11 other states came out in support of the President; these states argued that the economy of the country would benefit from the increase in wages and taxes that would result if illegal immigrants turned legal.
