[Assam] Immigration policy

[Chan Mahanta]

K:


>First,a permanent class of legal immigrants who are constantly told 
>,their labor is welcome,but their >families are not, will never be 
>full participants in the American dream.The Oath of Allegiance had 
>been >all about ensuring that new Americans don't have divided 
>loyalties.Now that will be enshrined in law.



**** This is a very critical point that you point out.



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At 11:20 PM -0500 7/7/07, kamal deka wrote:
>First thing first.As a sovereign country, the USA has every right to 
>be bristling with prejudices as far as immigration policy is 
>concerned.They should not be criticized for being harsh with the 
>potential immigrants.However ,family reunification programme has 
>been the cornerstone for the past few decades.I can think of three 
>reasons as to why legal immigrants should be allowed to reunite with 
>their families.
>
>First,a permanent class of legal immigrants who are constantly told 
>,their labor is welcome,but their families are not, will never be 
>full participants in the American dream.The Oath of Allegiance had 
>been all about ensuring that new Americans don't have divided 
>loyalties.Now that will be enshrined in law.
>
>Families are the bedrock of American life.Recent poll shows that 
>young Americans identified broken families,not Iraq or global 
>warming as their greatest fear.What message does the White House 
>send out about family value when its action undercuts its sermon ?
>
>Dr.David Ho,the Time magazine's man of the year in 1996, pioneered 
>the use of protease inhibitors to treat HIV-infected 
>patients.Thousands and thousands of Americans now have new lease on 
>life,thanks to him.He came to the USA at the age of 12 from Taiwan 
>to reunite with his father.
>
>My point is that the legal and the illegal immigrants should not be 
>thrown into the same pot to swim or sink.
>
>KJD
>
>
>On 7/7/07, umesh sharma 
><<mailto:jaipurschool at yahoo.com>jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Kamal-da,
>
>When Immigration began 500 years back in USA then there was no 
>family reunification programs -- those who had guts and desire for 
>adventure sailed across the oceans and never saw their families 
>again. Some prisoners had to be sent to Australia since no one in 
>thier right minds wanted to go to Australia -- some bribed and 
>escaped and came back to Britain  -- read Chalres Dicken's Great 
>Expectations. 
>
>So why this pillar of immigration. Immigration means travel to a new 
>place -- not bringing all your hometown and family and friends with 
>you. Does it?
>
>Umesh
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>kamal deka <<mailto:kjit.deka at gmail.com>kjit.deka at gmail.com> wrote:
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>Do you know that the White House is floating a new immigration 
>proposal,which is designed to tear down another pillar of 
>immigration policy ----family reunification?
>
>It appears that sibling and adult children of American citizen are 
>just out of luck,turned by a stroke of the pen from family members 
>into strangers in the eye of law.Instead of blood-ties,people will 
>be judged by a point system in which knowledge of English and 
>education would be given importance rather than family value.
>
>KJD
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