Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Immigration Relief May be on the Horizon for Millions of Undocumented Immigrants.

During his term in office, president Obama has indicated that one of his priorities is to fix the outdated immigration system of the United States. While waiting for Congress to work on a comprehensive immigration reform, he has used his executive powers to focus federal efforts and resources on the deportation of aliens with criminal backgrounds who pose a risk to the National Security of the United States.

Recently the president reported that he is working with the main agencies in charge of administering the immigration laws to work on a strategy to improve the immigration system.  Said strategy most likely will include some kind of relief to millions of illegal immigrants.  The exact amount of possible immigrant that will be able to benefit from these measures, or the requirements necessary to participate in the program, have not been disclosed yet. 

The White House has informed that the President should announce the details before the end of the year.  It is very likely that some of the requirements to apply under the program is to have resided in the United States for certain amount of time, probably between 5 and 10 years, to have United States Citizen or Resident spouse or children, and to haver a clean criminal record, with no convictions for serious crimes, or multiple misdemeanors.


Prospective applicants may start compiling proof of their time of residence in the United States, such as pay-stubs, income tax returns, etc., civil documents of any relatives they have in the United States, especially spouses and children, and if there are any arrests obtain police reports and final court dispositions of the arrests to be able to determine whether the arrest disqualifies the person from participating in the program.

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