Shortly after President Biden took office, the Department of State announced the processing of fiancé visa petitions would be fully resumed.
As a K-1 visa lawyer who has helped U.S. citizens bring their spouses-to-be to the United States, I applauded the government’s policy revitalization.
This ended a four year effort to dismantle family immigration programs under the pejorative guise of eliminating illegitimate chain migration schemes.
Are immigrants a drag on the economy?
That’s what immigration opponents assert.
They argue, on the one hand, that immigrants steal jobs from Americans. On the other, they claim immigrants are free-loaders abusing scarce American resources, taking out more than they put into the nation’s economic system.
The two positions are contradictory. Either immigrants are stealing jobs and working, or not working and living off public benefits.
Morever, they’re wrong.
Does an influx of immigrants increase crime?
Whenever the media reports that an immigrant has committed an indefensible action, the public discussion is often inundated with political demagoguery.
Immigrants, such propagandists proclaim, are bad people who only bring crime, drugs, and violence to their new communities.
Professional research indicates otherwise.
Since 1970 the immigration population in the United States has dramatically risen. As part of the increase, the number of immigrant women have risen. Yet, few studies have focused on how they have fared in the transition to a new life here.
In an effort to shed light on such issues, Cornell University Professor Francine D. Blau examined the role of female immigrants in the United States as part of a ground-breaking study a few years ago. It remains the authoritative guide on the topic.
The Second Cooler is a documentary about illegal migration shot primarily in Alabama, Arizona, and in northern and central Mexico.
The documentary’s producer, Ellin Jimmerson, seeks to bring migration issues into clearer focus for the American public.
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