Hundreds and thousands of immigrants who are undocumented and who were given work permits as part of the Obama government’s effort to protect people from deportation are all of a sudden, losing their ability to work lawfully as the federal government was finding it difficult to renew their work permits on time.
More than 11,000 young immigrants saw their DACA status work permits expire – this was in spite of their applications for renewals of the work permits reaching on time. This was reported by an agency that looks after permit issuances. The percentage of lapsed cases amounted to about 5 % of the total number of DACA renewal cases that USCIS had approved so far.
The high percentage of lapses throws light on President Obama’s program for postponing the deportation program for Dreamers or immigrants who had entered the United States of America illegally when they were children. When it comes to other forms of immigration, such as green cards or work visas these delays are not usually seen.
Many people are in the danger of losing their jobs and face a long wait for their work visas to get renewed, it was reported. As the renewal procedure drags on many DACA permits are lapsing and work permits expiring.
The huge volume of illegal immigrant children from the countries of Mexico and Central America crossing in over the borders seems to be drying up significantly, according to top immigration officials in the United States of America.
The Chief of the U S Border Patrol stated recently that he was confident that the levels of illegal children who were crossing over have trickled down substantially and that lesser children who were not accompanied with their parents were crossing in over the borders.
The status of illegal children has become a major issue in recent times and has been affecting immigration policies, even sometimes complicating the Obama administration and affecting the government’s executive actions. Since the year 2012 a flow of children has been occurring due to excruciating poverty and violence in the countries of Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. In the last year alone, more than 67,000 children entered the country from these four countries alone, which was a 44 per cent increase from 2013.
Last June President Obama called the flood of children a crisis of “grave humanitarian proportions” and had ordered a look into the medical care and staying condition of the immigrant children. Deportation procedures had also begun for many of these children.
QUESTION: I am an applicant for the Green Card, and I am due to take the Green Card Medical Examination. I have received vaccinations in the past; do I still need to take additional Vaccines during the course of the Green Card Medical Examination?
Answer: no, you need not. The Civil Surgeon will go through your vaccination records during the Green Card Medical Exam, to examine whether there is a sufficient record of the earlier Vaccines that has been taken by you to protect against vaccine-preventable diseases marked for your age category. It is useful to carry any written vaccination records you may have to show to the Civil Surgeon, during your appointment for the Green Card Medical Examination.
If the age category that you fall under shows that you are lacking in any Vaccines then the Civil Surgeon will vaccinate you as required. As an alternative you can also obtain the necessary vaccines from your personal healthcare doctor. But, do remember, as only the Civil Surgeon approved by the immigration body USCIS can complete the assessment of vaccination on the Form I-693 the Civil Surgeon should receive the necessary proof that you have taken the required Vaccines.
QUESTION: Do all the vaccines mentioned on the CDC’s vaccine list have to be taken by me as an immigrant, or only the ones that pertain to my age category?
When you appear for the Green Card Medical Examination the Civil Surgeon will only administer vaccines that are appropriate for your age group. The Civil Surgeon will annotate the I-693 form suitably to display that a particular vaccine was not required to be taken by you as it was not appropriate for your age at the time of the Green Card Medical examination.
Illegal immigrants who are staying in California and who are violent crime victims will now stand the same chance to apply for a U S visa, regardless of the place of occurrence of the crime. This is as per the new bill that has been passed by the State Senate Committee on Tuesday this week.
Visas are granted by the federal government to illegal immigrants who help law enforcement to catch criminals. This visa is called U-visa and it allows the immigrant to stay in and work in America for 4 years, but in order to apply the local law enforcement department in the area where the victim stays should be first asked to verify the cooperation.
The California state Senate Public Safety Committee passed the California bill unanimously on Tuesday, and this comes just as the actions on immigration reform has stalled at the federal stage. A Californian democrat said that they wanted to send out a very clear message to Washington D C that legislators in the country would have to do their jobs.
It is required by the U-visa bill that the California state’s Law Enforcement would verify the victim’s cooperation in a period of 90 days; meanwhile, if the victim was in the stage of being deported the period comes down to 14 days.
