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La derrota del Acto Sueño (Dream Act) impulsan nuevas medidas

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Este artículo tratará sobre otras medidas que no son políticas para ayudar aquellos jóvenes que se encuentran indocumentados. El Acto Sueño es una ley humanitaria que podría ayudar a millones de estos jóvenes que, desafortunadamente, depende de la política. La medida que proponen ciertos líderes tiene que ver con el proceso de adopción familiar, o sea, que una persona que es un residente permanente o ciudadano estadounidense adopte a un joven indocumentado para inmigrarlo. Este proceso no depende de la política. Depende de un proceso judicial en el estado en el cual se encuentra el joven. En Texas, por ejemplo, una persona adulta puede adoptar a un joven siempre y cuando los padres biológicos de joven están de acuerdo con la adopción.

Reforma migratoria merece ser mejor comprendida por los mexicanos y norteamericanos

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Parece mentira que los esfuerzos recientes para aprobar una reforma general a las leyes de inmigración se vio obstaculizada de nuevo en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos. Una de las razones por las cuales un proyecto de esta gran magnitud fracasó fue por todas las malas interpretaciones que rodean el tema de inmigración. Nadie en Washington comprende la gran necesidad del Dream Act, de la “ley de la multa,” conocida como la 245(i), o una reforma inmigratoria general.

A Permament Resident is not a U.S. Citizen

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Many U.S. citizens who oppose immigration in all its forms don’t understand how the U.S. immigration system works. Most believe that undocumented immigrants automatically become U.S. citizens when they arrive in the United States or become legal immigrants. Therefore, for the purpose of shedding some light on the issue, let me begin by stating that there is a huge difference between an “undocumented” immigrant and a “legal” immigrant, and between a “legal” immigrant and a U.S. citizen.

All legal immigrants who eventually become U.S. citizens have to start at ground zero. This is the status of being an alien, a citizen of another country who is granted the right to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis. The new status is known as “Lawful Permanent Residence,” or LPR. LPR doesn’t change the citizenship of the alien. For instance, someone from France retains his French citizenship although he has a right to live and work in the U.S. indefinitely as long as he doesn’t abandon his residence in the U.S. Living in France for eight months out of the year is treated as an abandonment of his LPR status.

The Secret About NAFTA Professional Visas

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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) offers Mexican and Canadian professionals the opportunity to work in the United States. The category is known as the “TN visa.” The TN visa, however, has been widely ignored by U.S. businesses because they became accustomed to the more cumbersome H-1B visa, another category for foreign professional workers.

What U.S. businesses don’t know is that the TN offers many advantages over the H-1B visa. For instance, the TN visa includes more professions than the H-1B, and there is no time limit whereas the H-1B can be used for up to six years. Another advantage is a fast track feature for Canadian professionals who can apply for the visa at a U.S. port of entry without going through a U.S. consulate.