Lost in the Immigration Debate are those who came here legally who are still waiting to be processed..A DECADE or more later

Angeles P. Barberena, who lives near Nashville.
She and her husband left Mexico with their
two young children in 1995

H/T Joel2013

Angeles P. Barberena has always tried to follow the United States’ immigration laws. She dutifully filed her petition to become a resident, complied with the requirements and paid her taxes and fees. 

That was 17 years ago. Ms. Barberena, who is from Mexico, is still waiting. Her file is inching through a backlog, and she has several years to go before she will receive the green card that will make her a permanent resident. 

As Congress debates an overhaul of the immigration system, Ms. Barberena often feels like yelling with frustration. “It’s been so long and we did everything by the rule,” she said, speaking from her home near Nashville. “Now it seems everything is about illegal immigrants and nothing is about us.” 

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Eduardo de Souza, foreground, a Brazilian leading
a soccer camp session in Ohio, has sought
permanent residency for more than a decade.

As the overhaul becomes uncertain, so do the prospects of Eduardo de Souza, a college soccer coach from Brazil working in Virginia who has, like Ms. Barberena, been waiting more than a decade to become a permanent resident. 

“What is the government going to do for those people who are doing the right thing?” Mr. de Souza asked. 

The backlogs swelled because of a longstanding mismatch in immigration law between the number of visas available and the much larger number of foreigners who qualify for them, especially those applying based on family ties to American citizens and permanent residents. Congress has imposed caps on the number of visas issued to each country each year.

As a result, immigrants from some countries — particularly China, India, Mexico and the Philippines — can wait a decade or more to get their visas after approvals. Most foreigners are waiting outside the United States, but many — at least hundreds of thousands — live here on temporary visas or work permits.

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Anyone who came here the proper way and has done everything required of them, Should not be waiting decades to become permanent residents.

These people should be handled separately and rewarded for obeying our laws and not held in limbo.

They should not be grouped in with the criminals who came here illegally or overstayed their visas.

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