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dutch777

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5. Anything could happen....just administratively a border crossing can take 2 minutes...or two years

Reply to AZLD4Candidate (Original post)

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 09:51 AM

Nov 11

And that is without changing any laws, just slowing the routine checking to a crawl. And they won't have to detain or arrest anyone, just say "this will take a while" and never come back to stamp the passport. When the inevitable complaint comes "sorry, we have no idea how long this will take, you are not being detained, you can get back on a plane and go back where you came from". Oh sure, there will be a hue and cry from some quarters and maybe Congressional investigations but when you drop usual and customary as a guideline there is a wide range of ways to play games that can get good folks caught in a bad place.

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My wife has her green card and will go for citizenship in two years. Should I be nervous if she wants to go home to [View all] AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 OP

I would be nervous. usedtobedemgurl Nov 11 #1

Yes...... Lovie777 Nov 11 #2

I think you are already nervous.... FarPoint Nov 11 #3

Mid May to Late June. AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 #17

Don't go home until naturalization. no_hypocrisy Nov 11 #4

They are threatening to deport Bettie Nov 11 #7

Anything could happen....just administratively a border crossing can take 2 minutes...or two years dutch777 Nov 11 #5

Not sure that DU is the right time/place for this question at present. TwilightZone Nov 11 #6

And that's just one reason that DU isn't the place to ask. MineralMan Nov 11 #8

This is good advice Zeitghost Nov 11 #21

I think all bets are off, sadly. Yes, I'd be nervous and if an immigration lawyer told you that she'd definitely be ok hlthe2b Nov 11 #9

I believe China has been known to detain PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 11 #10

Trump is copying Hoover. Hoover deported legal immigrants. Emile Nov 11 #11

Yes Rebl2 Nov 11 #12

Given all you went through to get the green card Retrograde Nov 11 #13

We are. She doesn't need to do a reentry permit because it will be less than a year out (six weeks) and her Green Card AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 #18

She needs to apply for a Re-entry permit jxla Nov 11 #14

That's only if you leave the country for more than six months I believe. She'd be visiting for six weeks. AZLD4Candidate Nov 11 #15

There's no minimum time and it's valid for multiple re-entries jxla Nov 11 #20

Oh Lord Prairie Gates Nov 11 #16

Anyone who immigrated here during the Biden administration Emile Nov 11 #19

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