According to this article, the process will change for undocumented immigrants with American spouses, which means they will not have to wait as long as before when they apply for their residency visa. Also, this change will allow spouses to make a claim of "extreme hardship,"
The Obama administration is proposing to make it easier for illegal immigrants who are family members of American citizens to apply for legal permanent residency. On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security will post for public comment an administrative change intended to reduce the time illegal immigrants would have to spend away from their families while applying for legal status, officials said....but under the proposed change illegal immigrants could claim the time apart from a spouse, child or parent would create “extreme hardship” and allow them to remain in the U.S. as they begin the process.
This is extremely good news for the thousands of families that are currently living in fear of separation, and even the families that have a father or mother currently being held in detention solely on the basis of their undocumented immigration status..
I am starting to become hopeful that my family can be reunited in the United States, after reading this. Life has been tiring not knowing what will happen with our family. My husband is desperate to come back to the US and work so that we can finally save money and live the life that we were planning on before. He is so desperate that he is willing to risk the possibility of getting his papers again by crossing illegally. I'm praying daily that he understands the dangers of that and changes his mind and realizes that it's not worth the risk nor the headache.
I will be watching news on this development VERY closely over the next few weeks and months!
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