Comments on: Ending the Widow Penalty

By: Consul-At-Arms

Consul-At-Arms — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:57:06 +0000

Excellent essay. Your personal experiences help make this understandable to the reader. This is one of those cracks in the system that Congress would do well to remedy, with the caveat that a widow(er) can't receive immigration benefits as such if they murdered their U.S. citizen spouse. I've linked to you here.

By: Consul-At-Arms: re: "Ending the Widow Penalty"

Consul-At-Arms: re: "Ending the Widow Penalty" — Fri, 11 May 2007 20:53:22 +0000

[...] re: "Ending the Widow Penalty" Bill Jempty at Outside the Beltway has written an excellent and informative post. Please read it. [...]

By: David C

David C — Fri, 11 May 2007 04:54:19 +0000

In 2001 I filed a fiancee petition for my wife-to-be to travel from Denmark to the states. On April 15th, 2002 we were married in the states. It wasnt until October 2006 that the greencard was issued. One clerical error on the part of (INS, BCIS, USCIS, whatever they call themselves now) resulted in 3 extra years, thousands of dollars to a immigration lawyer, and made my wife miss out of the final 3 years of her fathers life. By the time it was issued she could have divorced me and been eligible to stay in the country.

By: Anderson

Anderson — Thu, 10 May 2007 15:48:08 +0000

You know, I don't even know who the head of INS is, but a profile of him would be interesting. It's an agency more or less out of control, to judge by the slapdowns administered by the 7th Circuit & others. Of course, immigrants are allies of Satan anyway, according to some Utah Republicans. (Always glad to see someone making Mississippians look progressive.)

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:50:17 +0000

Why just these windows? There must be millions around the world.

Um, these widows were married to American citizens and residing in the United States?

By: whatever

whatever — Thu, 10 May 2007 14:41:50 +0000

Why just these windows? There must be millions around the world. Why don't we let any widow into the U.S. and them give them a stipend? Each one of them has a sad story, and we must not have any policies that make people sad. Good intentions is what poliices and the law should be about.

By: The Florida Masochist

The Florida Masochist — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

and can't communicate in English, so you should be kicked out. God help people who think like that, and trust me David isn't alone. The Guzman deportation isn't an isolated case, but a sign of a deeply troubled government agency. Here are two other instances of the agency screwing people. As the Anchoress writes- Maybe “enforcement, enforcement, enforcement” will only work if the dysfunctional Immigration system is overhauled and modernized?Right now I wouldn't trust Immigration to take a

By: The Bullwinkle Blog

The Bullwinkle Blog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

t communicate in English, so you should be kicked out. God help people who think like that, and trust me David isn’t alone. The Guzman deportation isn’t an isolated case, but a sign of a deeply troubled government agency. Here are two other instances of the agency screwing people. As the Anchoress writes- Maybe “enforcement, enforcement, enforcement” will only work if the dysfunctional Immigration system is overhauled and modernized? Right now I wouldn

By: » OTB News

» OTB News — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

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