US Waiver for Canadians

The popular social network site Twitter is a great resource to follow for those caught up in the inadmissibility waiver net or anyone interested in immigration law, policy, border protection, etc. The US Embassy in Ottawa is also part of this community as are many other notables. Here's a list of some of them: @i194waiver Ryan Smarty (administrator for this blog). Follow me for updates on this blog and other related news. @ usembassyottawa Embassy of the United States of America, Ottawa Canada - US Mission to Canada Website Updates. @ LaurelScott Immigration lawyer ( Houston, TX). I blogged about Laurel recently and her Live Attorney Chat Wednesdays . @ Immi _Issues Jennifer McFadyen -editor for About. com's Guide to Immigration Issues . @ LegalDocs Legal information covering all aspects of Immigration Law, provided by leading attorneys and law firms (and streamed via JD Supra). @ ImmigrationGuys (Florida). Latest Immigration News from real-life (in the trenches) Immigr...

There is often confusion regarding whether or not an individual would be deemed inadmissible to the US. The confusion tends to be over the type of crime committed and the sentences of such crime. Under US immigration law, an aggravated felony includes any crime described on the following list: murder, rape, or sexual abuse of a minor illicit trafficking in a controlled substance, including a drug trafficking crime illicit trafficking in firearms, destructive devices, or explosive materials money laundering (see 18 U.S.C. § 1956 ) certain explosives and firearms crimes (see 18 U.S.C. § 842 , 18 U.S.C. § 924 , and 26 U.S.C. § 5861 ) "crimes of violence," as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 16 , for which the sentence imposed was one year or greater theft or burglary offenses, for which the sentence imposed was one year or greater making ransom demands (see 18 U.S.C. § 875 et seq.) certain child pornography crimes (see 18 U.S.C. § 2251 ) racketeering crimes, for which the sentence...

From the YouTube description: "Current immigration law is breaking up American families. US Citizens whose immediate relatives have been unable to adjust their status are also victims of the immigration debate. Unidentified US couple poses their question in guise of puppets. Enjoy!" Now watch the video: Married to an Immigrant . A bit difficult taking these puppets seriously although they do raise an excellent point that I'd be happy to see the candidates address. In my opinion the current US immigration policies cast too wide of a net which is overly bureaucratic and wrongly affects legitimate applicants.