A Note from the Editors:

Anti-immigration proponents have hurled accusations such as 'illegal' immigrants come here to live a comfortable life off American taxpayer dollars. An interesting article from Tucson Citizen, 'Immigrants Are Not Drain On Economy', shows the reverse to be true. Even though undocumented workers are not entitled to Social Security and other benefits, they pay taxes. They work hard at minimum wage jobs and create jobs with the dollars they spend.

Undocumented wokers may also want to check out "Questions & Answers Enforcement Guidance on Remedies Available to Undocumented Workers Under Federal Employment Discrimination Laws".

Articles

The Killing Fields
Jose Latour asks "how will the U.S. formulate an immigration policy that gives Mexico the special treatment she deserves as our southern neighbor with very unique immigration needs?"

State Department Tightens Scrutiny Of Visa Applicants
MSNBC reports on the Department of State's tougher scrutiny of visa applicants "those who meet with success are a fairly select group: well-established with good careers or impressive backgrounds, who have already traveled to Europe or the United States, have a convincing reason to travel to the United States and an even better reason to return to [the country where the visa is issued].

The ABCs of Immigration - Naturalization - Residency Requirements Part I
Greg Siskind and Amy Ballentine write about the residence requirements for naturalization.

Deadline Looms For Hondurans, El Salvadoreans and Nicaraguans
The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel reports on a looming INS deadline for Hondurans and Nicaraguans and quotes an INS spokesperson "as of June 3, only 10,682 of the [estimated 105,000] eligible Hondurans and Nicaraguans have applied to renew their temporary protected status."

Support For Reinstatement Of 245(i)
Fox News reports that some politicians on Capitol Hill, including Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), want to reinstate Section 245(i) on the grounds that it reunites families and allows workers to stay in their jobs and contribute to the American economy.

Tancredo Argues For A Reduction In The H-1B Visa Cap
Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) writes in FrontPage Magazine that "today's H-1B program is not necessary for American technology companies to succeed, and is actually harmful to our national interests", and proposes that the H-1B visa cap be scaled back to the pre-1998 number of 65,000 visas a year.

How Do I Remove the Conditions on Permanent Residence Based on Marriage?
Read comprehensive answer to this question about Adjustment of Status from INS.

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Dear Editor:

I would just like to say that Immigrant's Weekly is a good thing. It is good to let people know what is going on.

We been denied to marry and I think it's not right for someone to say who they can or cannot marry, no matter who they are or where they are from. This really upsets me. We have not met but our hearts did, and we have love for each other.

Why should you have to justify who, when, where and how much you love someone. No one needs to prove love to another or how it happens. It just does!

But we are not giving up on this yet. I thought that I would share this with others. By the way he has actually seen me on webcam, when we talk online, but I guess this does not matter either

Brenda

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A. Shirvani writes in her story titled 'Living Free in America', "...... But, in the 10th year of my life, everything changed. The year was 1979, and by the time it was over my homeland was set back hundreds of years into the Middle Ages. People turned on their own families and any and all expressions of individuality, modernization and growth were permanently banned and outlawed.........." (Cont'd).

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