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The problem with removing the cap without a windfall to take care of backlog, is that nobody applying today will be getting a Green Card for the next 10-20 year
by digianarchist 4y ago
The problem with removing the cap without a windfall to take care of backlog, is that nobody applying today will be getting a Green Card for the next 10-20 years. Green Card recapture mostly resolves this.
It’s funny because on family immigration, the US is very liberal compared to Canada. You can sponsor parents relatively easily (lottery in Canada) and even siblings (not even possible in Canada).
- qaq 4y agofor siblings the wait time is decade+
- digianarchist 4y agoTrue but no other western country I know of allows it at all.
- klipt 4y agoSponsoring elderly parents to retire in the US seems prohibitively expensive in terms of healthcare cost. Maybe that's why Canada disallows it, since their healthcare is covered by taxpayers unlike US healthcare.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoBut then what do you do, return to your home country when you parents need help? Abandon your new life and job, which you built over 20 years?
- rhexs 4y agoYes.
- throwaway_1928 4y agoJeff Sessions, is that you?
- dfadsadsf 4y agoACA/medicaid pays healthcare expenses for elderly parents in US - no problems here. Technically government can go after sponsor for first 5 years after immigration for medicaid money but there are no known cases of government actually doing it. If parents qualify for ACA (need to make 20k/year - can be childcare “payment” for grandkid) then it’s like $20/month and sponsor is not even on theoretical hook to repay.
- klipt 4y agoACA doesn't pay long term nursing home fees for e.g. bedridden parents though. That can easily cost a fortune.