OBAMA ADMIN EXPANDS RE-ENTRY WAIVERS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS
PUBLISHED: Tue, AUG 9th 2016 @ 2:25 pm EDT
The Obama Administration finalized a new rule that expands upon a 2013 rule that waives the 3-year/10-year re-entry bars imposed on illegal aliens once they become eligible for a green card. The policy could encourage the 4.5 million people on the family-based green cards backlog to move to the U.S. illegally while they wait for their green cards to become available.
Under U.S. law, an alien who has been detected living illegally in the U.S. is prohibited from re-entering the country for 3-years or 10-years depending on when they first entered the country illegally. Detained illegal aliens who have been in the country for less than a year are barred from re-entry for 3 years, aliens who have been in the country illegally for over a year are supposed to be barred for 10 years. When an illegal alien becomes eligible for a green card they must return to their home country to receive the green card, but that puts them at risk of being apprehended and subject to the re-entry restrictions.
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/obam...illegal-aliens
