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> If when granted a green card you have children under the age of 18 they automatically become permanent residents. After that, they don't. This can mean that c
by Nesco 5y ago
> If when granted a green card you have children under the age of 18 they automatically become permanent residents. After that, they don't. This can mean that children who turn 18 may need to leave the US and return to a country they have possibly never known. This is barbaric and inhumane;
I disagree with you, it put the young adult (it’s 21 and not a 18 I think) in a complicated situation. However H1–B was never voted to be a path towards permanent residency but as a three-years work visa, the parents should take this into account from the beginning
- cletus 5y agoTwo counterpoints: First, the H1B visa in particular is classified by law and by USCIS as an immigrant intent visa. That is to say that it's not incompatible with having intention to immigrate to the United States. Put another way: this specific case was thought about and included in the visa system so you can't argue it wasn't the intent. It explicitly was. Second, there's no reason why someone should be in work visa limbo for 20 years. That's by choice (of the US government). Having made that choice, you're somewhat responsible for the consequences. That includes not deporting people to a country they may have no memory of and may not even speak the language. This same issue is relevant to DACA recipients (aka "Dreamers") who are typically children who through no choice of their own were brought to the United States as young children and know nowhere else as their home. It is cruel and unreasonable to deport such people to countries they have never known.