Immigration reform has always been a big topic in the US. It has been an important topic/ situation in our family as well as the Hispanic community. This affects not just the Hispanic community but also any immigrant that has decided to call the US its home. While I believe it’s important to know/ screen the people that are allowed into this country I believe that the government does prey on some of the innocent immigrants.
The government makes false promises constantly and each president regardless of the term. They promise that immigrants will have an easier time to becoming citizens if they follow the rules/steps. But in reality that’s not really the fact. In 2013 a new Immigration reform was made from 1986 original reform. While many people stated that there were to no changes, that isn’t true there are some changes but it shows that becoming resident or citizen is no easy feat or simple whatsoever. The new reform in 2013 did make the requirement more open so to speak. “In 1986 the only requirement for legalization were that immigrants had to have been living in the country since before January 1, 1982, leaving out a lot of unauthorized immigrants who had entered after the cut-off date.” (Wolgin, Philip E., and …show more content…
If it all goes good you would receive a temporary provisional legal status, called Registered Provisional Immigrant status, or RPI. With this you could stay in the US but only for 6 years you would have to repeat the exact same process in 6 years. If reinstated when you complete 10 years you could apply to become a resident and get a green card but this time it’s a $1,000 fine plus all the other fees you had to pay in the past. From what have researched is that the doors do seem to be open a little more but there are still lots of factors that will determine if you are able to stay in the
The government makes false promises constantly and each president regardless of the term. They promise that immigrants will have an easier time to becoming citizens if they follow the rules/steps. But in reality that’s not really the fact. In 2013 a new Immigration reform was made from 1986 original reform. While many people stated that there were to no changes, that isn’t true there are some changes but it shows that becoming resident or citizen is no easy feat or simple whatsoever. The new reform in 2013 did make the requirement more open so to speak. “In 1986 the only requirement for legalization were that immigrants had to have been living in the country since before January 1, 1982, leaving out a lot of unauthorized immigrants who had entered after the cut-off date.” (Wolgin, Philip E., and …show more content…
If it all goes good you would receive a temporary provisional legal status, called Registered Provisional Immigrant status, or RPI. With this you could stay in the US but only for 6 years you would have to repeat the exact same process in 6 years. If reinstated when you complete 10 years you could apply to become a resident and get a green card but this time it’s a $1,000 fine plus all the other fees you had to pay in the past. From what have researched is that the doors do seem to be open a little more but there are still lots of factors that will determine if you are able to stay in the