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Article: Can You Navigate the Immigration Maze to U.S. Citizenship?
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 21, 2008
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The Reason Foundation issued the following news release:
The immigration debate is often reduced to - why don't immigrants just get in line and come into this country legally? If only it were that simple.
A new chart details how complicated the immigration maze is, demonstrating the countless requirements that must be met, and the red tape that must be navigated, by everyone from English soccer star David Beckham to an Indian engineer.
What's the best-case immigration scenario? Five or six years: If you are the spouse or a minor child of a U.S. citizen, you should be able to enter the country and get a green card. Then, after three to five years, you can apply to become a citizen.
The worst ...