What are all the documents immigrants need in order to become an american citzen?
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Give me your address, so that I can have your *** arrested. Tell her it's time to go home!
you should report them to the police, and local immigration officers
it is wrong for them to cross the border illegally.
why should those mexicans be allowed to become legal citizens, when all the other illegal aliens have to cross the ocean just to get to US, and why do the mexicans get preferrential treatment?
You cannot go directly from no status to US citizen (USC); you must first acquire legal permanent residence (LPR, aka a "green card"). In order to become an LPR, you must have a sponsor (family member or employer) who will file an immigrant visa petition. Once you have an approved petition for an immigrant visa, you then have to wait for that visa to become available. This can be immediate in the case of an immediate relative (daughter or wife of a USC), or it can take as long as 20 years (Mexican married daughter of a USC, F3 category), with the average being about 5 years for a minor child.
Once the visa is available, a person in the US will usually file for Adjustment of Status to claim the visa (green card) without going home first. The catch is that a person who entered the US without a visa (often referred to as EWI - "entered without inspection") is not eligible to claim a visa in the US unless s/he qualifies under INA 245(i) (entered before Dec. 20, 2000, any application filed before April 30, 2001, must pay $1000 fine). If the person is not eligible to adjust status in the US, s/he must claim the visa at a foreign consulate, usually in his/her home country. Here the second catch arises. Anyone who has been "unlawfully present" in the US for more than 6 months and then leaves the US is barred from reentering for 3 years. If the person was here for more than 1 year, s/he is barred from reentry for 10 years. As a result, many people who have a sponsor in the US cannot claim the visa here but also cannot claim it in their home country.
"Unlawful presence" is a term of art. It doesn't mean all of the time you were in the US without papers. Specifically, it doesn't count for time in the US before you turn 18, time in the US while certain applications are pending with the government, and time in the US before April 1, 1997. The 3/10 year bar can also be waived in certain rare situations.
Your best bet is probably to speak with an immigration attorney to see whether your friend qualifies or would be subject to the bars.
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