Guest Column
Long waits, onerous rules invite immigrants to break law
- Depending on their origin, spouses and minor children of legal U.S. residents, eligible this month for visas to become legal residents, have waited:
- * Mexico — six years.
- * Other — five years.
- Siblings of U.S. citizens, eligible this month, have waited:
- * Philippines — 22 years.
- * Mexico — 13 years.
- * Other — 11 years.
- Source: State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs
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Long waits, onerous rules invite immigrants to break law
USA Today