Maryanne Kehoe

BUT the post-9/11 immigration controls have been directed at those of us
who ARE "following the rules".....you only have to be on this board for
several weeks to read some of the (very!) sad stories on this board. As
Mrs. Atlanta International 2005, that is one of the reasons why I am
working on my platform of "Immigration Rights for Foreign Spouses of US
Citizens." You can get mad---or get mad, get constructive and try to do
something about it.


Kerry proposed an overhaul of immigration law. One of his proposals is
that if you are here on any kind of visa (student, visitor, H1B. etc)
and you want to stay and get permanent residency, you should be able to
do so without going back to your home country, as long as you are *not*
in an overstay status.

However, the lady was here illegally, but couldn't she have applied for
the amnesty that happened about 5 years ago? I would like to know what
she told her prospective husband about her immigration status. And we
wonder why those of us that are doing things the LEGAL way have long
waits----it's because there are a minority that want to skirt the
system.