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Immigrant's
Weekly June 18, 2001
Arthur L. Zabenko, Editor
Marc Ellis, Chat Transcripts Editor
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A Note from the Editors:
The employment, family and diversity lottery visa cut off dates have been updated. Surprisingly, all the employment based categories, including unskilled workers, are current. Many of the family based categories on the other hand show retrogression. The most severely affected is the family third preference category for Mexican married sons and daughters of US citizens which now have to wait 27 years or more than a generation. Since the petitioners for this category have to be old enough now to have a child who is married, demand in the category may decrease as the petitioner's succumb to old age. The beneficiaries in this category may well consider risking their lives to enter to cross the border illegally and have US born citizen children. When the children turn 21 they can then petition for the parents. It would be quicker. If they survive.
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The ABCs of Immigration - Naturalization - Good Moral Character, English and Civics
Greg Siskind and Amy Ballentine continue their examination of the requirements for citizenship.
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Be Careful of What You Wish For: The Hidden Meaning of Premium Processing Fees
Gary Endelman explores the dangers of the premium processing fee
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BIA finds "Extreme Hardship" for Deportation Purposes where US Citizen Child is "Completely Integrated Into The American Lifestyle"
Carl R. Baldwin writes about the recent Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) decision in Matter of Kao and Matter of Lin, 23 I&N Dec. 45 (BIA 2001)
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BIA Defines Hardship Standard For Cancellation Of Removal
Carl Shusterman writes about Matter of Monreal in which the Board of Immigration Appeals defined the term "exceptional and extremely unusual hardship" for purposes of qualifying for cancellation of removal under the 1996 immigration law.
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Employer Sanctions Against Immigrant Workers
Muzaffar Chishti writes that the employer sanctions law has neither helped reduce undocumented immigration no improved wages and working conditions of US workers, but has become a tool to suppress workers' rights to organize
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