According to a newly proposed immigration draft by White House,
the legal immigrants in the United States will not be allowed
to sponsor their relatives to join them in the country.
The immigration draft features a set of principles has been created
by key Republican Congressional representative and is circulated
in Washington last week.
Along with making temporary visas for undocumented immigrants
and new workers, it also makes the rules more stringent for American
citizens, who cannot sponsor their parents and children over 21
years and siblings to the US now.
The Asian American community is the second largest group of
immigrants to enter in the US through either family sponsorship
or by being immediate relatives of American citizens. As per the
data showcased by the Department of Homeland Security China, Vietnam
and India fall among the top ten countries which has large group
of immigrants entered through family quotas.
As there are a number of Asians who enter the US through family
sponsorship, the White House Draft can implement itself in the
same way as the Chinese Exclusion Act, the act which excluded
Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US for 10 years, says
Michael Lin, Executive Director of the Organization of Chinese
Americans.
The country will not be allowed to do same injustice again.
Family is the foundation of American society, Lin said at a teleconference
hosted by the Asian American Justice Centre. Also, immigration
advocates do not favor the kinds of penalties proposed under the
draft White.
