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Originally Posted by chicagonut
If the spouse is no longer here and in their own country instead then they are no longer and illegal alien. I still think they need to go to the back of the line of those already waiting to come here legally and who have never been an illegal in our country. Why shoud the former get a fast track above others just because they happened to marry a U.S. citizen? What is wrong with a U.S. citizen that would marry an illegal alien anyway?
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Since the processing is done in order of filing, they are not "jumping over" anyone else in the same category. You're still thinking of it like some great big cafeteria however. Different categories have different processing, and do not have the same waiting times as other classifications.
At closest, it would be like the sponsors (U.S. citizens and Legal Permanent Residents) for family-based immigration going through a cafeteria on a large Army base. There is separate (usually quicker) line for hamburgers, but that is the only menu selection of that line (this would be the 'Immediate Relative' spouses and minor child(ren) of U.S. citizens). The "Main Line" has more, but still limited, meal selections.
You can't order up an undefined selection...
And if you have to get fried okra, there is going to be a delay as they get it to the line (adult siblings of U.S. citizens, that may have a wait of 20+ years)...
Everyone in the place has to have some aspect to the military of being there (as the military, U.S. citizens or Legal Permanent Residents). They may not all be soldiers. This part of the analogy would mean the non-servicemembers that could only get in the hamburger line (Legal Permanent Residents are only able to sponsor for their spouse and minor child(ren)).
The billing is also for what you ordered, higher amounts for more specialty foods...
Should my wife have the same "wait in line" as the married adult sibling of a citizen that just naturalized and filed? The "cafeterias" are even in separate places (an analogy of countries; there will not be ten cafeterias on a single base). Some cafeterias are slightly more efficient or streamlined because they are familiar with handling more troops.
Your last question (marrying an illegal alien) is philosophical, and I cannot, without experience, answer it. One example I knew of, they were neighbors that grew up from around the age of ten close by each other. Some of the couples may even be together for decades, and have children and lives together like any other couple.
As we've had input from a U.S. citizen member here recently, an I-601 is not a quick or easy process. I've made the comment from my own immigration experience that my wife and I
know we love each other for what we have gone through. Why should my country tell me that I can't marry someone because they are a foreigner, may be poor, or only completed a certain level of education?
Did I say that I would only deploy to a location that had a swimming pool, limited work hours, or that it wouldn't be hazardous to my health?...
They have an ability to make sure I can care for my family, and that my family, once here, does follow certain rules...
The same for an I-601 spouse, you still haven't said whether you support or reject the terms as written for it yet...
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