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The Chain Migration Myth
Topic Started: Jan 28 2018, 02:32 PM (273 Views)
La Pasionaria
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Once again our reality t.v. star of a "president" is successfully bamboozling about a third of the population and fueling a torrent of publicly blatant lies among the sycophantic pro-Trump media on the far right:

The Myth of Chain Migration http://politi.co/2Bw3Jft

"The White House and its allies are promoting a misleading immigration term with an ugly history...If we had a family immigration system without limits, this structure could theoretically lead to the dreaded chain migration. In addition to allowing you to bring that Chinese spouse, his child and ultimately his parents, once your spouse is a U.S. citizen, he can petition for his sister and her family. And in theory, once her spouse becomes a citizen, he could do the same for his siblings. But we don’t have an unlimited system. In fact, back in 1988, the federal agency then known as the General Accounting Office found that the immigration system’s waiting lists make chain migration a theory that doesn’t really happen in practice. This is because each link in the chain takes years—and sometimes decades—to complete. Bluntly put, America isn’t being overrun by Chinese- and Mexican-born grandmas.

The GAO made this judgment because, back in the late ’80s, the waiting list for a typical family visa was six to 12 years, depending on the country. Now those waiting lists are much longer. It takes five years for your Chinese spouse to become a U.S. citizen and petition for his sister. The family visa system is badly backlogged; the U.S. is currently processing sibling visa requests for China that were filed in 2004, making the total wait for a visa just shy of two decades. For Mexico and the Philippines, the total wait now exceeds 25 years."

Chain migration, put another way, is a myth—it takes too long for a chain to form."

What “chain migration” really means — and why Donald Trump hates it so much https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/29/16504272/chain-migration-family-how-trump-end?

"In practice, bringing over a family member takes years — which makes it very hard to build a chain...No one is automatically allowed to immigrate to the US. Anyone applying for residency in the country has to go through a standard vetting process — including a criminal and terrorism background check, and an evaluation of whether they’re likely to become a “public charge” in the US (i.e., be unable to support themselves for income and rely on social programs).

Trump’s National Security Strategy claims that “chain migration” is a problem for national security, but there’s nothing inherent to the way someone is allowed to immigrate to the US that makes it harder for the US to catch would-be terrorists — that is, if anything, a failure of the screening process.

The bigger obstacle, though, isn’t qualifying to immigrate — it’s that the number of hypothetically qualified family-based immigrants greatly exceeds the number of slots available for immigrants each year. The US doesn’t set caps on the number of spouses, minor children, or parents of US citizens who can come to the US each year — but, again, those categories in themselves don’t create chains.

The categories that do create chains are strictly capped: 23,400 married children of US citizens (plus their own spouses and minor children) are allowed to immigrate each year, and 67,500 adult siblings of US citizens (plus spouses and minor children). Furthermore, because the total number of immigrants coming from a particular country each year is capped, would-be immigrants from Mexico, China, India, and the Philippines end up facing even longer wait times."

Don't be a sucker or be fooled by the lies about "Chain Migration"

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what next myth buster....anchor babies don't exist....libs are funny creatures...

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Jan 28 2018, 03:11 PM
what next myth buster....anchor babies don't exist....libs are funny creatures...

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Apparently you are as bamboozled as Sarah Huckabee "Hee Haw" Sanders!
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Next Trump will claim he ended chain migration. He is very good at taking credit for things that are already happening like the stock market and jobs recovery.
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If Trump appoints Arpaio to take over ICE, we may see chain gangs of illegals picking up trash along the Interstate highways...That's a "chain" Americans can support......... :hooray:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Jan 28 2018, 08:03 PM
If Trump appoints Arpaio to take over ICE, we may see chain gangs of illegals picking up trash along the Interstate highways...That's a "chain" Americans can support......... :hooray:
Panicked Trump desperately begs his base not to leave him in racist morning rant; https://shareblue.com/panicked-trump-desperately-begs-his-base-not-to-leave-him-in-racist-morning-rant/

"Feeling the heat from his own supporters after appearing to soften on work permits for Dreamers, Trump frantically took to Twitter with a fresh helping of nativist red meat."
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Jan 28 2018, 08:59 PM
Robert Stout
Jan 28 2018, 08:03 PM
If Trump appoints Arpaio to take over ICE, we may see chain gangs of illegals picking up trash along the Interstate highways...That's a "chain" Americans can support......... :hooray:
Panicked Trump desperately begs his base not to leave him in racist morning rant; https://shareblue.com/panicked-trump-desperately-begs-his-base-not-to-leave-him-in-racist-morning-rant/

"Feeling the heat from his own supporters after appearing to soften on work permits for Dreamers, Trump frantically took to Twitter with a fresh helping of nativist red meat."
I sent Trump another $50 yesterday...He knows the art of the deal , although Democrats try to welch on agreements....No wall, no DACA........... :biggrin:
Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid
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Jan 28 2018, 07:33 PM
Next Trump will claim he ended chain migration. He is very good at taking credit for things that are already happening like the stock market and jobs recovery.
They did just put out this....

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Another myth like illegals getting welfare? Chuck Schumer once called for an end to chain migration. Maybe Chucky is delusional as well?
Edited by PATruth, Jan 29 2018, 03:18 PM.
"No. No he won't. We'll stop it."
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If chain migration doesn't exist, then what's the problem with getting rid of it?
"if that **** wins we'll all hang from nooses"
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Jan 28 2018, 07:33 PM
Next Trump will claim he ended chain migration. He is very good at taking credit for things that are already happening like the stock market and jobs recovery.
Economists agree: Trump, not Obama, gets credit for economy

http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/368904-economists-agree-trump-not-obama-gets-credit-for-economy
Donald Trump is Barack Obama's President!
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Jan 29 2018, 03:29 PM
If chain migration doesn't exist, then what's the problem with getting rid of it?
Exactly...
Donald Trump is Barack Obama's President!
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Jan 29 2018, 03:43 PM
BuckFan
Jan 28 2018, 07:33 PM
Next Trump will claim he ended chain migration. He is very good at taking credit for things that are already happening like the stock market and jobs recovery.
Economists agree: Trump, not Obama, gets credit for economy

http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/368904-economists-agree-trump-not-obama-gets-credit-for-economy
I think you're posting on the wrong topic, just saying.......

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Jan 29 2018, 03:44 PM
Robertr2000
Jan 29 2018, 03:29 PM
If chain migration doesn't exist, then what's the problem with getting rid of it?
Exactly...
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"if that **** wins we'll all hang from nooses"
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Robertr2000
Jan 29 2018, 05:28 PM
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Jan 29 2018, 03:44 PM
Robertr2000
Jan 29 2018, 03:29 PM
If chain migration doesn't exist, then what's the problem with getting rid of it?
Exactly...
La Pisa?
Trump's State of the Union should have a section where he just plays clips of Obama, Clinton, and Schumer promising to end chain migration and illegal immigration....
Only liberals can choose not to go down the road to widespread, systematic violence.
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BuckFan
Jan 28 2018, 07:33 PM
Next Trump will claim he ended chain migration. He is very good at taking credit for things that are already happening like the stock market and jobs recovery.
Obama couldn't do sh** with the economy for 8 years but he should get credit because of Trump. :lol:
Kate Steinle was separated from her family permanently but leftists didn't seem to mind.
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Jan 29 2018, 05:40 PM
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Jan 29 2018, 05:28 PM
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Jan 29 2018, 03:44 PM
Robertr2000
Jan 29 2018, 03:29 PM
If chain migration doesn't exist, then what's the problem with getting rid of it?
Exactly...
La Pisa?
Trump's State of the Union should have a section where he just plays clips of Obama, Clinton, and Schumer promising to end chain migration and illegal immigration....
Seems like the Alt-Right already knows it's losing this battle:

Keep Saying ‘Chain Migration’ http://bit.ly/2FweVuP


Trump’s “chain migration” obsession: The Nazis thought of it first; https://www.salon.com/2018/01/17/trumps-chain-migration-obsession-it-was-a-nazi-idea-first/

"Far right’s latest paranoid meme — immigrants will overrun us like insects! — has an extremely ugly history."
Edited by La Pasionaria, Jan 30 2018, 09:25 PM.
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