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The United States, as a habitat for immigrants, provides multiple paths for individuals on a legal basis to receive a permit, often referred to as a “Green Card.” Family sponsorship, employment, refugee or asylum status or the diversity lottery are examples of pathways that can connect immigrants to the United States.
All qualifications for immigration to the United States, as described by immigration laws and which adhere to the “non-discriminatory” principle and standards of equality, determine the possibility for the holder to remain in the country permanently.
But some netizens posting on X (formerly Twitter) claim that it is not actually “non-discriminatory”; they deny permanent residency on the basis of ethnicity alone.
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“Nearly two million individuals working in America are currently denied permanent US residency or the ability to travel based solely on their ethnicity,” a netizen specifically posted .
“If they die, their children are deported. When their children grow up, they are deported if they don’t get their own visa.”
What Utah Sen says in that 45s long video
Supporting his claim, user X attached a video of Utah Senator Mike Lee. In the video, the senator can be heard addressing the country’s cap issue.
“One from India and the other from Germany, with exactly the same skills, exactly the same degrees and exactly the same job experience, applied at the same hour and the same day, for a Card Green based on employment – the German might stay maybe twelve months. to receive a Green Card well the Indian applicant will almost certainly wait a decade or much more,” he said.
Condemning this discrimination, the Utah Sen said, “This type of system is anti-ethical to American values and our country’s interest in recruiting the very best and brightest.”
“Someone who got approval for something in 2023 shouldn’t be getting it before someone who got approval for the same thing in 2012. It’s a shame we still have to do this debate in 2024. #RemoveCountryCap,” one user vented his frustration.
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Another said, “It’s not a decade, that misconception is repeated again and again, its stay over 130 years now. The number of people on the waiting list is 1m and 8k are announced each year.”
“besides having to wait in a separate and unequal line much longer ethnically separate for a green card,” sang one.
Another called the US visa, and work system – “Documentary Slaves” and nothing else.
{Hindustan Times did not verify the authenticity of Sen Mike Lee’s video, it could be doctored or cropped}
