Is 1.76 Million applications going to have an effect on AOS?

[dwheels76 5,462]

are all these illegals paying there fees to process there work permits?

No some do get waivers so can only imagine that processing and how do you validate that since well they are illegal. Funny how I haven't read one NOA2 approval since yesterday has anyone else.

[Thomas&Cleofe 358]

No some do get waivers so can only imagine that processing and how do you validate that since well they are illegal. Funny how I haven't read one NOA2 approval since yesterday has anyone else.

So, they come illegally, stay illegally, adjust status for free, and get better benefits than those that come legally. And from what I see, some illegal immigrants are getting better benefits than USC's.

[JohnR! 5,495]

You must not be near illegals, I stood at polling place last election and watched them come and point say NO ID get ballot be back in line in 30 minutes, speaking not a word of english.

If they had no ID how do you know they were illegals? Did they have something stitched to their clothes that identified them as such?

I have never shown my ID at a polling place and I am not planning to do it anytime soon, out of sheer principle. That does not make me an illegal.

[dwheels76 5,462]

So, they come illegally, stay illegally, adjust status for free, and get better benefits than those that come legally. And from what I see, some illegal immigrants are getting better benefits than USC's.

Yep. Makes me hot when I sit here all the money spent. Waiting and waiting on a case# and doing it the right way and with our embassy in Lagos could still be denied and have issues because a CO had a bad day or something.

In Nebraska FREE tuition for illegals its in the state constitution. Yet sally and tom American can't send their child to University of Nebraska cuz they can't afford it. Let me stop before I really............

[JohnR! 5,495]

So, they come illegally, stay illegally, adjust status for free, and get better benefits than those that come legally. And from what I see, some illegal immigrants are getting better benefits than USC's.

Their AOS fee is $465, which is the same paid by others.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Yep. Makes me hot when I sit here all the money spent. Waiting and waiting on a case# and doing it the right way and with our embassy in Lagos could still be denied and have issues because a CO had a bad day or something.

In Nebraska FREE tuition for illegals its in the state constitution. Yet sally and tom American can't send their child to University of Nebraska cuz they can't afford it. Let me stop before I really............

Consider that they will not get a green card at the end of their filing, whereas your beneficiary will. You are waiting for another result.

[dwheels76 5,462]

Consider that they will not get a green card at the end of their filing, whereas your beneficiary will. You are waiting for another result.

Yes you are right. I am mad anyway at USCIS for losing me for 30 days and NVC for well being slow. Not illegal childrens fault.

Personally this amnesty or whatefer it is should have been something that was done long ago just to make things right. But still I don't get 2 years. Than what they illegal again? Hmmm Makes you wonder though if so many companies here taking advantage of illegals and bascially holding them hostage as to how they get paid them becoming illegal wonder what will that do to wages and hiring going forward.

I mean I am Sally Sue undocumented worker you can pay me anything really under minumum wage (I doubt many illegal workers are making minumum wage) I can't complain nothing. Now I am documented, have work permit guess what I just got a raise to minumum wage baby. Just wondering.

[Thomas&Cleofe 358]

Yes you are right. I am mad anyway at USCIS for losing me for 30 days and NVC for well being slow. Not illegal childrens fault.

Personally this amnesty or whatefer it is should have been something that was done long ago just to make things right. But still I don't get 2 years. Than what they illegal again? Hmmm Makes you wonder though if so many companies here taking advantage of illegals and bascially holding them hostage as to how they get paid them becoming illegal wonder what will that do to wages and hiring going forward.

I mean I am Sally Sue undocumented worker you can pay me anything really under minumum wage (I doubt many illegal workers are making minumum wage) I can't complain nothing. Now I am documented, have work permit guess what I just got a raise to minumum wage baby. Just wondering.

The big problem is that these people that came illegally and had babies here.....now these children have no country, and many of them are not children anymore. They have no country to go back to.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

The big problem is that these people that came illegally and had babies here.....now these children have no country, and many of them are not children anymore. They have no country to go back to.

Um, if they had babies here, then those babies are US Citizens.

It's so tough when people form opinions on misinformation.

[tom&tanya 48]

I remember when I filed my I-129f. Then the earthquake in Haiti happened and hundreds of thousands of Haitians became eligible for TPS. Everyone thought our petitions would grind to a halt. Didn't happen. Everything moved along just fine. I suspect the same will happen now.

[TBoneTX 43,058]

I remember when I filed my I-129f. Then the earthquake in Haiti happened and hundreds of thousands of Haitians became eligible for TPS. Everyone thought our petitions would grind to a halt. Didn't happen. Everything moved along just fine. I suspect the same will happen now.

Perhaps we shouldn't underestimate the political priority of an Executive Order mere months before an election.

[Thomas and Kristi 17]

Perhaps we shouldn't underestimate the political priority of an Executive Order mere months before an election.

I'll have my popcorn waiting on election night. I always enjoy a close race. Atleast it will be interesting if nothing else. Have we heard if this was the final number? I mean...didn't it start off as a mere 800,000? I was expecting another leap in numbers.

[tom&tanya 48]

I'll have my popcorn waiting on election night. I always enjoy a close race. Atleast it will be interesting if nothing else. Have we heard if this was the final number? I mean...didn't it start off as a mere 800,000? I was expecting another leap in numbers.

I live in South Florida. We have a large population of young people who fall within this category. All the interviews I have heard and read about this point to a very low number of people applying initially. Most have expressed concern that filing will expose them to the government with unknown consequences after the election.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

Perhaps we shouldn't underestimate the political priority of an Executive Order mere months before an election.

Any political windfall came the moment the President announced this incentive. Speculation as to these applications taking priority over others purely for votes is ridiculous.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

I remember when I filed my I-129f. Then the earthquake in Haiti happened and hundreds of thousands of Haitians became eligible for TPS. Everyone thought our petitions would grind to a halt. Didn't happen. Everything moved along just fine. I suspect the same will happen now.

Pretty good anecdotal evidence, I think.