A clash over over family-sponsored immigrant visas
A clash over over family-sponsored immigrant visas
- April 1, 2013
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and political science professor, is quoted by Southern California Public Radio April 1, 2013
From Southern California Public Radio:
As the U.S. Senate hashes out the details over comprehensive immigration overhaul,
one proposed change involves excluding some relatives of U.S. citizens from visas.
The two categories on the table are visas for siblings and adult (over-21) married
children of U.S. citizens. Current immigration law allows citizens to petition for
both. The idea of eliminating some family visa categories is being championed by
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, one of the eight senators working on a reform
bill. It’s come up in past immigration reform talks, too, says UC Irvine political
scientist Louis DeSipio. “What Congress is trying to do isn’t necessarily to pick
on the brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens," says DeSipio, "but instead to sort
of narrow the scope of family so that over time, the volume of immigration to the
United States diminishes."
For the full story, please visit http://www.scpr.org/blogs/multiamerican/2013/04/01/13094/a-clash-over-ov....
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