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To add some context to this: My family in Mexico were requested by one of my aunts in the USA.
That was 23 years ago. Last year, my aunt passed away and their application was canceled.
Thankfully, they have generally decent lives, and aren't desperate, but it helps you understand why other people don't bother at all with the legal process.
Comment by Notablueperson at 24/01/2025 at 20:18 UTC
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This. This is the case for almost every single person who is not marrying a citizen and originally entered legally. There are pretty much zero legal channels to immigrate here in any timely manner. You have to expect to be waiting at LEAST 10 to 15 years if you’re sponsoring a parent or sibling. THAT is why we have so many undocumented immigrants.
They were just giving out ten year visas and letting them build up a life then offering no pathway to citizenship from there so the visas just expired and they become undocumented and living here illegally. I think what people are missing is a lot of these undocumented immigrants DID originally come here legally, we just don’t really have any open pathways to citizenship.
Comment by grubas at 24/01/2025 at 20:15 UTC
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The normal process was "catch and release" which was basically arrest people, make sure they aren't criminals, give them a court date, call it a day. If they were criminals they'd get deported.
NOW it's "arrest people who are brown, try to deport them all, then have mass chaos when half of them are legal/actually citizens".
Comment by [deleted] at 24/01/2025 at 20:21 UTC
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