Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Tweak in Rule to Ease a Path to Green Card

This law will help families stay together while trying to get legal residency. - - Donna Poisl

By JULIA PRESTON

Obama administration officials announced on Friday they are proposing a fix to a Catch-22 in immigration law that could spare hundreds of thousands of American citizens from prolonged separations from illegal immigrant spouses and children.

Although the regulatory tweak appears small, lawyers said it would mean that many Americans will no longer be separated for months or years from family members pursuing legal residency. Even more citizens could be encouraged to come forward to bring illegal immigrant relatives into the system, they said.
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