02-02-2017, 12:32 AM
(02-02-2017, 12:08 AM)sally Wrote: He didn't get years of time. His visa ran up at 18 and he got the deportation notice at 18. He didn't get his citizenship until we've been married 15 years.
Sorry, I misunderstood your timeline. In any event, he got the letter that everyone gets when their visa expires and had to renew it to stay here legally.
If he'd had no means to do so, he would have been looking over his shoulder or moving around frequently like a lot of other immigrants whose visas expire and want to stay. I'm glad your husband had the means.
(02-02-2017, 12:08 AM)sally Wrote: Anyway that's not what I'm arguing with you about. My point was he got here the legal way and just how many people do you want to allow in here by doing nothing?This is where I think you're not understanding this Executive Order, sal. I'm not suggesting that anyone be allowed here without doing anything; that's not an issue with this Executive Order or what "people are crying over."
The big issue for most protesters is that people coming from similar or even worse circumstances as your husband (some younger, some older) who have gone through all the questioning, met all the requirements, and been approved for U.S. visas are banned from coming to the U.S. for "at least 90 days". And, Syrians fleeing civil war who've been through absolute hell and who've met all the visa requirements during 18+ months of vetting before finally being approved.....are now banned indefinitely.
I haven't heard anyone asking that the U.S. government reduce the current visa and refugee vetting criteria, nor that the government let people in here for doing nothing. And I've not heard anybody asking that citizenship be handed out freely, it has to be earned (or based on marriage or birth in the U.S.).