
"ICE Arrests Green Card Applicants In Lawrence, Signaling Shift In Priorities"
March 30, 2017
By Shannon Dooling
http://www.wbur.org/news/2017/03/30/green-card-ice-arrests-lawrence
It might be legal to side track Green Card applicants, but does it make sense. It is like getting the easy job done and leaving criminals on the run.
""Now, they're in a sort of catch-22 where, 'All right, I'm being called in for this interview. I want to have this first step approved.' If they don't show up, it's what's called abandoned ... USCIS just sort of assumes that they don't want to go forward with it," Doyle said. "But now, if they do show up, trying to take that first step and they're detained, it can lead to them being removed."
Because Doyle's client is married to a U.S. citizen, she is eligible for a specific application process sponsored by her husband. Both Doyle's client and her husband were present at the USCIS office for what's called a marriage petition interview, a process used to screen for fraudulent marriages. Doyle said his client, a small business owner with no criminal record, had just completed her 40-minute question and answer session when an ICE agent entered the office and informed her that she was ordered removed and was being taken into custody."
This makes no sense. It is missing the point and going against logic. How does using ICE resources to round up the harmless immigrants help America with national security?