Reform by undocumented workers

The American immigration authority yesterday proposed a reform that seeks to reduce the time that the spouses and children of U.S. citizens must go abroad to obtain a visa have resided in United States without the proper documentation.

The new rule will allow U.S. citizen relative to obtain a provisional exception, which may be ratified at an American Consulate in United States.

Alejandro Mayorkas, director of the Office of immigration and citizenship (USCIS for its acronym in English), said that the proposed regulatory amendment "will significantly reduce the time that American citizens are separated from their spouses and children in certain circumstances, while those relatives managed the obtainment of visas to become legal immigrants to the U.S.".

Interested in benefiting from the new measure should provide their biometric data and be subject to a review of u000atheir criminal records before applying for annulment of the prohibition to live in United States between three and 10 years. The USCIS expects to implement the proposal, which was published Friday in the Federal Register. in 2012

The measure is the latest initiative of President Barack Obama to amend the migratory regulations without having to resort to Congress, which has shown a negligible receptivity to address in this election year immigration reform which regularised the situation of at least 11 million immigrants residing in United States without proper documentation. Secretary of national security Janet Napolitano announced in 2011 which will review 300,000 pending cases deportation to ensure that only are repatriated people with criminal backgrounds or those who represent a health hazard or safety for your communities.

Republican congressmen have criticized the changes, considering that u000aObama prevents the Congress to create an "amnesty" to immigrants illegal.

The Representative Lamar Smith yesterday criticized the new rule, accusing Obama of "circumventing established rules for time to put illegal immigrants above the interests of legal citizens.

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