Konda - Immigration Fraud: Fixing Loopholes in Immigration Law

IMMIGRATION FRAUD: FIXING LOOPHOLES IN IMMIGRATION LAW

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Names: Konda, Bharath Reddy, author.

Title: Immigration fraud : fixing loopholes in immigration law / B.R. Konda.

Description: Includes bibliographical references and index. | Sheridan, WY: Freedom View Publishing LLC, 2018.

Identifiers: ISBN 978-0-9997268-1-5 (Hardcover) | 978-0-9997268-2-2 (pbk.) | 978-0-9997268-3-9 (ebook) | LCCN 2017964181

Subjects: LCSH FraudUnited StatesPrevention. | Immigration consultants MalpracticeUnited States. | Emigration and immigration lawUnited States. | BISACLAW / Emigration & Immigration | POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration

Classification: LCC KF4819.3 .K66 2018 | DDC 342.73/082dc23

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all the advocates who want to eradicate fraud in the Immigration System of the United States

T he most recent major immigration reforms happened in the 1990s, with lot of special-interest immigration laws attached. But as it stands, the immigration system is unworkable, obsolete, and subject to easy exploitation. This book will highlight these abuses and offer suggestions for reform.

Lack of enforcement of immigration laws and giveaways of immigration-related benefits were rampant between 2010 and 2016. The benefits to the United States of such permissiveness are not obvious. Unfortunately, the figures on illegal immigration, drugs seized at the border, drugs flowing into the country, drug-related deaths, nonimmigrant visa entries, and the skyrocketing immigrationbenefits granted between 2010 and 2016 reflect a sharp upward trend.

The direction in change of policy and the level of fraud committed by applicants, and, in some rare cases, lawyers, all point to the failure to properly enforce the immigration laws of the United States. If these problems continue, the United States will ultimately no longer be economically recognizable as such. I hope this book raises awareness of the truth, because exposing fraud in the system is in our nations best interests. If this book brings some meaningful changesat leastat the administrative level, if not the legislative levelI will have accomplished my purpose in writing a book about immigration.

Please note that nothing in this book should be construed as legal advice to anyone. Your reading of this book does not form an attorneyclient relationship with me, and you should consult a lawyer with any questions pertaining to your situation.

W here do I start describing the legal con inflicted by the immigration law on the American welfare system? Imagine a country whose last major immigration reform was in 1990, and which heavily favors relatives of citizens and permanent residents regardless of education or job skills. Assume also that it loosens the English-language-proficiency requirement for permanent residency and, ultimately, for citizenship. Twenty-seven years later, we will find a great disparity between the wages earned by the low-skilled foreign-born immigrants and skilled workers. Immigration by chains based on family relationship is out-of-date and has a devastating ripple effect on the current immigration system, ultimately leading to high socioeconomic disparity and the weakening of the social safety nets meant for indigent natural-born citizens.

Immigrants who enter the United States legally and become citizens after five years of stay can sponsor their relatives. Relatives means children and siblings and their spouses. Once they become U.S. citizens, they, in turn, sponsor their relatives. This means that the entire extended family immigrates within a few years.

The figure on the next page illustrates the Infinite nature of the chained immigration system. Currently, there is no vetting procedure to assess the skills of these immigrants. If the sponsored immigrant is related to the US Citizen, they can be brought into the USA for Permanent Residence, Period!

For illegal immigrants, the chained infinite loop is slightly different. If an illegal immigrant enters the United States illegally or overstays their visa, they are violating U.S. immigration laws. But the children born to these illegal immigrants become citizens by birth. These citizens can sponsor their relatives in the same fashion as the citizen who has lawfully entered, and remained in the United States.

Figure 1: Infinite Chain of Naturalized U.S. Citizen relatives that can be Sponsored

If the illegal immigrant parent of a U.S. citizen is deported, through proper procedure such as through Immigration Court Order, then that parent is barred from re-entering the United States for ten years.

However, if the parent chooses arbitrary timing of the deportation or to surrender to the authorities for deportation, they could choose to wait until after the child reaches their teenage years. Once the child reaches the age of twenty-one, the child can sponsor anyone, if they are related and legally present. In the above example, the child could sponsor the undocumented parent after the mandatory ten years. The figure in the next page illustrates chained migration for Illegal Immigrants. Therefore, the cost of entering the United States illegally is not high, when you compare the benefits that can be garnered later by the family-based immigration system!