During a conference call with Spanish journalists, Leon Rodriguez, a director of United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) said that undocumented immigrants should be able to start applying for deferred action that grant them protection against possible deportation and job permits in February and May.
According to report released by Suzanne Gamboa, a bilingual senior writer for NBCnews.com, USCIS should start the procedure of offering extended DACA action and other immigration actions in February and May. In November, President Obama used his presidential power to come up with some immigration reform action to handle this complex issue.
However, we should not forget that the opponents of Obama are trying every second thing to stop the implementation of this action. Cecilia Muñoz, Obama’s chief domestic policy advisor, told journalists in a phone news seminar for the Latino media: “We are very confident that this is completely legal and it is going to be carried out.”
On November 20, Obama has used his presidential power by announcing some immigration actions with the hope that it will help policymakers to come up with something more concrete agendas and policies to fix our broken immigration action. Not only that, he told in his speech that he welcomes each individual who wants to come to the United States and wish to contribute in a meaningful manner.
It seems that executive action for immigrant applicants is coming, and it is coming fast! The immigrant community in the United States will soon see some relief – last weekend the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles held an information session for potential immigrant applicants. The response was overwhelming, with thousands of families attending the session.
The event was covered by many important media channels, from newspapers to television, as the session highlighted the consequences of the executive action, action that will impact so many immigrant communities, especially members of the Latino community. But as this event unfolded across states of the United States on the same day opinions were voiced that the Republican party was not in favor of the executive action and so were not on the side of the immigrant. There were many people in the session who felt that the news of the upcoming executive action was good for most people but it did not benefit people who did not have children born in the country.
After days of drama in the House late on Saturday night last, the Senate voted to approve the $1.1 trillion deal that will avert a government shutdown and send the legislation to President Obama for his signature; this came after an unusual weekend session and days of nervous action in the House.
Anyone applying for a Green Card or an immigrant visa into the United States must undergo a medical exam including a vaccination assessment. Here are some of the applicant categories who are required, or need not go through the Immigration Medical Examination as a mandatory part of the Green Card or Immigrant visa procedure:
K and V temporary visa applicants: K Visa applicants are fiancées or spouses of a US citizen. V Visa applicant categories consist of spouses or children of a lawful permanent resident. Applicants in both these categories are required to appear for the Immigration Medical Examination, but are not required to comply with the vaccination requirements at that time.
Refugees: People who stay outside of the United States and who apply for a visa must undergo the Immigration Medical Examination. They are not required to comply with the vaccination requirements at this time.
Asylees: Individuals who are already in the United States and who are applying for Asylum are not required to appear for the Medical Examination.
Refugee adjustment applicants: To become eligible for Adjustment of status refugees one year has to elapse- one year after their initial refugee admission. When they apply for Adjustment of Status, however, they will not be required to repeat the medical examination that they had overseas, unless a medical ground of inadmissibility has been discovered. But these refugee adjustment applicants must still comply with the vaccination requirements and submit the vaccination sign-off form that supports the Adjustment of Status application.
