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[cpals]

 

[zimu]

call INS

 

[Zim Hosein]

This link might help you cpals: http://uscis.gov/graphics/index.htm

 

[HappyPuppy]

In CA being illegal doesn't stop a person from going to college. Her problem might come at some point when she gets deported. Illegal is illegal.

 

[Mill]

I'd doubt you'll get an acceptable answer with such general information.

 

[KarenMarie]

marry her. that will make her legal.

Nice that she went thru our entire school system and is working here while illegal.

No wonder my b/f pays $700+ per month in taxes and cannot afford health care, and I pay $350. in taxes!

 

[Svnla]

I thought they had some kind of Ammesty program in the late 80s or early 90s for illegals to become legals. For those of you that were born here as natives of the good USA, you don't know how lucky you are. There are thousands that want to come here and many had died trying (legals and illegals).

 

[ajpa123]

I would advise her enter a career track that is in high demand right now like pharmacy if she can find a good university that will overlook her status. That will help her if there is ever a chance of deportation..pharmacists are in demand so bad it's unreal. This maybe unrealistic, but it's the only thing i can think of.

 

[KarenMarie]

Originally posted by: ajpa123
I would advise her enter a career track that is in high demand right now like pharmacy if she can find a good university that will overlook her status. That will help her if there is ever a chance of deportation..pharmacists are in demand so bad it's unreal. This maybe unrealistic, but it's the only thing i can think of.

There are colleges that will overlook illegal status?

:Q

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Nice that she went thru our entire school system and is working here while illegal.

Yes, blame her for her parent's mistake.

 

[AnyMal]

The biggest problem with illegal immigration is that it denies potential legal immigrants a chance to immigrate to US. There is a strict quota placed on the number of immigrants we take each year.

 

[KarenMarie]

she is an adult. no longer her parents mistake.

and being illegal is no mistake it is a conscience effort to break the law!!

 

[zimu]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie

Originally posted by: ajpa123
I would advise her enter a career track that is in high demand right now like pharmacy if she can find a good university that will overlook her status. That will help her if there is ever a chance of deportation..pharmacists are in demand so bad it's unreal. This maybe unrealistic, but it's the only thing i can think of.

There are colleges that will overlook illegal status?

:Q

i'm surprised about that too... is this true?

 

[ajpa123]

Originally posted by: ajpa123
I would advise her enter a career track that is in high demand right now like pharmacy if she can find a good university that will overlook her status. That will help her if there is ever a chance of deportation..pharmacists are in demand so bad it's unreal. This maybe unrealistic, but it's the only thing i can think of.

Sorry for quoting my own post, but i posted the pharmacy thing becuase CVS is willing to go through official channels and 'get' a person a green card if they are any good at what they do (and are not a citizen or have permant residency). I know this for a fact.

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
she is an adult. no longer her parents mistake.

and being illegal is no mistake it is a conscience effort to break the law!!

So by your thinking if someone is taken to the US illegally as a child (few years old) and then proceeds to grow up here without knowing anything about this until she is an "adult" you expect that person to pick up their things and go back to a country that they know nothing about.

Get a life.

 

[KarenMarie]

so, you think that if someone does something that is illegal they should just skate?

illegal is illegal.

I don't think ANYone should be allowed to stay here illegally. They should either become legal, or get out. And anyone who aids and abets the illegals getting here or staying here should be prosecuted. I don't care how or why someone came here illegally. If they are here illegally, they are law breakers.

She came here at age 10yrs old. she is now an adult, yet works and lives here illegally all this time later... you think that is right?

 

[Mill]

This argument can be solved before it starts. Karen Marie is arguing from a simplistic view that the law is the law and cpals is arguing from an emotional viewpoint. This never works.

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
so, you think that if someone does something that is illegal they should just skate?

illegal is illegal.

I don't think ANYone should be allowed to stay here illegally. They should either become legal, or get out. And anyone who aids and abets the illegals getting here or staying here should be prosecuted. I don't care how or why someone came here illegally. If they are here illegally, they are law breakers.

She came here at age 10yrs old. she is now an adult, yet works and lives here illegally all this time later... you think that is right?

First, I doubt many 10 year olds know what "immigration laws" mean.

Second, the whole point of this post was to question ways for someone to become legal. So far you haven't helped much.

Third, I don't know the whole history so maybe I'm missing some key points to which it could clear some things up. She did say she had a SSN, so I'm not sure how you can have one of those and be illegal?

 

[KarenMarie]

marry her, she will be legal.

barring that she needs to find a company that will sponser er and prove that they cannot find the same talent for the job by hiring an american citizen.

 

[Imdmn04]

Damn, some of you guys are harsh. Imagine you are born in some fvcked up country, wanting to better yourself and for your family, you move to America, is there anything wrong with that.

What if you are that person that was born in some third world country and your parents took you here, albeit illegally, would you want to go back to poverty after all these years? You have no right to judge others because you were born here, you dont know what its like living in the other side of the world. Until you put yourself in their shoes, you havent earned the right to talk about others. Just consider yourself lucky that your ancestors created all this for you, you are just enjoying the fruits of their labor.

 

[KarenMarie]

I am lucky, yes indeed. My grandparents came here for a better life. They came here legally, and followed all the law, learned the language and worked their asses off for a better life.

At the end of the day illegal is illegal. and There are hospitals that are going bankrupt from treating illegals and schools that cannot teach and get passing grades cause the students dont speak the language. There are people who came her efrom other countries that are working their assess off and getting screwed on taxes to educate, and give medical treatment to illegals.

This is the greatest country on the planet. no doubt. and anyone who wants to come here and have a better life should be welcomed and aided in all ways possible... provided they are here legally. If they are here illegally, they are law breakers and they need to get legal or get out. end of story.

 

[CanOWorms]

Normally I'd say illegal is illegal, but I consider children that are brought here by their parents & raised here to be a special case. They might not know the language, culture, etc. of where you want to deport them. For all they care, they're Americans.

 

[Imdmn04]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I am lucky, yes indeed. My grandparents came here for a better life. They came here legally, and followed all the law, learned the language and worked their asses off for a better life.

At the end of the day illegal is illegal. and There are hospitals that are going bankrupt from treating illegals and schools that cannot teach and get passing grades cause the students dont speak the language. There are people who came her efrom other countries that are working their assess off and getting screwed on taxes to educate, and give medical treatment to illegals.

This is the greatest country on the planet. no doubt. and anyone who wants to come here and have a better life should be welcomed and aided in all ways possible... provided they are here legally. If they are here illegally, they are law breakers and they need to get legal or get out. end of story.

It is a lot more difficult to move here now legally than back in the day when your grandparents did. The only legal ways that you can move here legally is either invest at least 1 million dollars in United States, marrying someone of U.S. Citizenship/be directly related to somone who is american or go through the academic route which u goto undergrad, grad and get a professional degree, and hopefully someone hires you because of your education.

Tell me some of the chances of a third world person might have outta these choices compared to 100 years ago when America basically let everybody in who wanted work, educated or not. If you offered these people the crappiest jobs here, I bet they are still more than willing to have a chance to work in America. But they dont even have an oppurtunity to work at the crappiest jobs in America these days like the earlier immigrants did.

 

[shopbruin]

Originally posted by: cpals

Third, I don't know the whole history so maybe I'm missing some key points to which it could clear some things up. She did say she had a SSN, so I'm not sure how you can have one of those and be illegal?

actually i think if you look hard enough you can purchase one...

 

[AnyMal]

Actually, SSN can be obtained by anyone, it does not give you the right to stay in this country permanently. Usually, if SSN is issued to someone with a temporary statusit will have "not for employment" printed on it.