Immigration has grown more complicated

This article shows how difficult it is for people to come here legally and why they decide to come any way they can. - - Donna Poisl

By Chris Hawley, USA TODAY

When Yudi went to the U.S. consulate in San Pedro Sula in Honduras to see whether she could get into the USA, the receptionist ticked off the documents she would need to apply for a visitor's visa.

She would need to show whether she had a bank account and how much was in it, whether she owned real estate or a car and that she had a good-paying job for at least five years — all evidence that might indicate she was not trying to get into America to stay and work illegally. Her heart sank.

"I realized it was impossible," she said, speaking on the condition that her full name not be used because she said she was assaulted by smugglers. "I would never have those things."
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