Immigration to the U.S.
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The main body of law governing immigration to the United States is the United States Constitution, and the main source of immigration laws is the statutes enacted by Congress (Making, 2006). Most of these laws are contained in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) but many of them are not codified here and must be found in the original legislation. Statutes provide broad authority, and agencies then apply these to specific situations. These are controlled by the INS. Both the Department of Labor and the Department of State are involved in administering immigration laws. The Board of Immigration Appeals is a separate agency within the Department of Justice which reviews immigration cases and issues appellate decisions which are binding on the INS. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 Public Law No. 82-414, has been amended many times but is still the main body of law relating to matters of immigration (Immigration, 2006). It stands alone as a body of law, but is also contained in the United States Code (U.S.C.). It is arranged in 50 subject titles in alphabetical order. Specific sections can be referred to by either their INA code or their U.S.C. code, but usually the INA code is used. Immigration to the U.S. is a long and difficult process for anyone from any country, whether coming here to work or study (Immigration to, 2006). Before applying, the immigrant should make sure they know a lot about the United States either by taking a vacation here, p
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many websites offering application forms and services, but the only sure way to guarantee an application is filled out correctly and submitted on time for consideration is to use one of the US government immigration websites from which the forms can be downloaded, and submitted on line or through the mail.
Eligibility requirements for the Green Card Lottery are simple but strict (Greencard, 2006). Applicants are selected by a computer-generated random lottery drawing, but the visas are distributed among six geographic regions, with a greater number of visas going to regions with lower rates of immigration, and with no visas going to citizens of countries sending more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the preceding five years. Within one region, no country can receive more than seven percent of the available visas for one year. Certain countries may be ineligible, therefore in certain years. For instance, for DV-2007, the following countries have sent more than 50,000 immigrants tot he U.S. in the past five years and therefore residents of those countries are not eligible to apply: Canada, China (mainland born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Po
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