Obama’s DREAM Act has been ratified through the back door by
an executive ICE memo, after being rejected by Congress twice.
The Obama administration is suspending the deportations of
thousands of illegal immigrants and helping their families gain legal status to
bolster Latino support in the 2012 election.
The new policy interprets “family” to include partners of
lesbian, gay and bisexual people.
Under current law, an illegal immigrant whose parent or
spouse in an American citizen can apply for a green card but the immigrant must
apply in the his/her home country and is not permitted to return to the US until
three years, sometimes 10 years. In sympathetic situations, the illegal
immigrant can request a waiver, which usually takes about 6 months for
approval.
The new policy allows illegal’s to get waiver approval in
advance, reducing the time they’d have to spend out of the country.
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