An Agent, a Green Card, and a Demand for Sex

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/nyregion/21immigrant.html?pagewanted...

I married my wife in 1995, we both lived and met in a country other than Colombia or the USA, we fell in love and wanted to start our family in my home country. I honestly thought that I had every right as an American citizen to marry anyone I loved and that if that person was from another country we had a system to deal with the paperwork in a reasonable amount of time. It took us over 8 years (of hell) to get her citizenship.When I grew up I was taught that America was the land of the free and all people who didn't do anything wrong would be able to thrive under our system. Well that system is broke. It's as bad as any third world system we American's look down our noses at. My personal experience with US Immigration was terrible. They are rude, angry, hurtful, ignorant people who don't care about their jobs or about human beings in general. There is a cancer in the Immigration system. Everyone I met in three different cities made me sick. If American's knew how bad our system is they would be embarrassed. I read this article and I am not surprised at all. The worst part is that there exists over 150 criminal complaints that have not even been looked at. Can you imagine the abuses? Where is the accountability? Is this America? How can Immigration officials go years and years of abusing innocent people without any policing?

The USA Immigration system is an utter embarrassment and needs to be completely shut down and started again from scratch but this time with integrity.

By beisbollover on Mar 21, 14:25 in Visa & paperwork.

Lcacique says on Mar 21, 15:56:

My experiences trying to secure residency for my friend's grandmother have always been a major disappointment with respect to the attitudes of the employees at immigration.

Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegría. ¡Y el rumor de ranchería es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta!

Frank Rizzo says on Mar 21, 15:57:

Micos

Lcacique says on Mar 21, 16:01:

With respect to this cat in the story, throw him in jail and throw away the key. I think it is pure evil when people abuse their position of power in such a way.

Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegría. ¡Y el rumor de ranchería es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta!

deathnova says on Mar 21, 17:21:

Completely unacceptable on so many levels. May he rot in hell.

DodgerDogs says on Mar 21, 17:51:

Thats why many La Migra, end up dead in the Texas brush country :) :) :)

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.Martin Luther King:

guacharaca says on Mar 21, 18:49:

"The USA Immigration system is an utter embarrassment and needs to be completely shut down and started again from scratch but this time with integrity."

They already tried that. INS went to Homeland Security.

Nevertheless, I disagree. The system is not bad. Only some of the people are bad. In addition to emigrating to Australia and the USA myself, I have sponsored three individuals, on three different occasions, into Canada and sponsored two individuals, on two different occasions, into the USA and the American system was far more efficient and faster.

tejasmarcos says on Mar 22, 07:22:

"His agency has suspended him with pay"

- so now he gets a vacation. the guy should have to serve time for the crime and then be deported back to Guayana.

- with all of the labor talent that exists in the USA, it is a shame that these agencies cannot do a better job of hiring the right people. simple occassional psychological testing would be a good start to ferrett out the undesirables/bad hires.

god is in your head

deathnova says on Mar 22, 09:48:

No, the system is bad. If a U.S. citizen with a clean record wants to sponsor someone's visa they should have that right without having to go through an army of middle management USCIS clowns. This is the way many other 1st world countries operate and they're not melting down yet.