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Not to mention implying that she was "disappeared" just for posting Johnny Cash lyrics, rather than posting that she wanted to kill someone. And not "a man from Reno."
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Not to mention implying that she was "disappeared" just for posting Johnny Cash lyrics, rather than posting that she wanted to kill someone. And not "a man from Reno."
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Yes, that is as Kafkaesque as it seems; the BIA is saying that a child adjudicated to be abused, abandoned, and neglected, who has already been approved for a status that will permit the child to get a green card, should nonetheless be deported instead — because of backlogs outside of their control.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yes, that is as Kafkaesque as it seems; the BIA is saying that a child adjudicated to be abused, abandoned, and neglected, who has already been approved for a status that will permit the child to get a green card, should nonetheless be deported instead — because of backlogs outside of their control.
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This backlog is less about streamlining and more about how Congress set visa numbers in 1990, and has made effectively ZERO changes to this system in the last 35 years.
In 2000, when Congress created SIJS, they linked it to the visa system; so you can win SIJS and still wait 5 years for a visa.
In 2000, when Congress created SIJS, they linked it to the visa system; so you can win SIJS and still wait 5 years for a visa.
And no one talks about ways to make things move along more smoothly or how to streamline immigration procedures so backlogs aren’t so crazy and people can do things easier, more efficiently and legally. They just skip that part and think they can deport people for the foreseeable future.
November 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This backlog is less about streamlining and more about how Congress set visa numbers in 1990, and has made effectively ZERO changes to this system in the last 35 years.
In 2000, when Congress created SIJS, they linked it to the visa system; so you can win SIJS and still wait 5 years for a visa.
In 2000, when Congress created SIJS, they linked it to the visa system; so you can win SIJS and still wait 5 years for a visa.
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Expanding on the above post; not that backlog. Immigration judges don't grant SIJS. It requires a state/local family court judge finding that a child was abused, abandoned, or neglected. Then the person applies to USCIS. If approved, they wait for a visa to become available — which can take years.
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Expanding on the above post; not that backlog. Immigration judges don't grant SIJS. It requires a state/local family court judge finding that a child was abused, abandoned, or neglected. Then the person applies to USCIS. If approved, they wait for a visa to become available — which can take years.
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Yep, the 10,000 limit on U Visas is so patently absurd. There are people who will have their application for a U Visa approved this year who won't get their visa until the 2040s.
it's so perverse to have visa number limits on humanitarian protections like these
"oh sorry, you're already in the US but you can't get protection because of the arbitrary magical number a senate intern dreamt up as being applicable one day and suggested"
U visas, Ts, SIJS, it's so evil
"oh sorry, you're already in the US but you can't get protection because of the arbitrary magical number a senate intern dreamt up as being applicable one day and suggested"
U visas, Ts, SIJS, it's so evil
November 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yep, the 10,000 limit on U Visas is so patently absurd. There are people who will have their application for a U Visa approved this year who won't get their visa until the 2040s.
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Realize I didn't link the decision. Oops! Here it is. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
And yes, the respondent is currently 18, and entered the US two years ago as a 16-year-old. SIJS is an odd status in that you can get it even up to the age of 21.
And yes, the respondent is currently 18, and entered the US two years ago as a 16-year-old. SIJS is an odd status in that you can get it even up to the age of 21.
November 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Realize I didn't link the decision. Oops! Here it is. www.justice.gov/eoir/media/1...
And yes, the respondent is currently 18, and entered the US two years ago as a 16-year-old. SIJS is an odd status in that you can get it even up to the age of 21.
And yes, the respondent is currently 18, and entered the US two years ago as a 16-year-old. SIJS is an odd status in that you can get it even up to the age of 21.
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Yeah like oh geez, one wonders why a teenager either in high school or working their ass off for crap pay, who didn't have a lawyer, failed to respond to the request for supplemental briefing.
okay, figured out how to find the opinion and now see fn 1; you would think something pretending to be a real court would appoint counsel or something to ensure an actual adversarial process before issuing a precedential opinion, but here we are
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Yeah like oh geez, one wonders why a teenager either in high school or working their ass off for crap pay, who didn't have a lawyer, failed to respond to the request for supplemental briefing.
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Pretty straightforward correlation between the existence of customer experience offices and burden reduction efforts. Veterans Affairs is (or was) very well resourced here. Social Security had a relatively small office, which DOGE has since eliminated.
files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...
files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...
November 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Pretty straightforward correlation between the existence of customer experience offices and burden reduction efforts. Veterans Affairs is (or was) very well resourced here. Social Security had a relatively small office, which DOGE has since eliminated.
files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...
files.gao.gov/reports/GAO-...
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You are understanding it correctly! Through no fault of their own, despite being approved for SIJS, they may still be deported because Congress decided to link SIJS to visa availability, visas are so backlogged that that means a multi-year wait, and SIJS itself doesn't protect from deportation.
If I'm understanding this correctly, children who qualified for the special status, who have spent formative years here, and through no fault of their own experiencing administrative delays, can be deported while they wait for a green card?
The cruelty is immense.
The cruelty is immense.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
You are understanding it correctly! Through no fault of their own, despite being approved for SIJS, they may still be deported because Congress decided to link SIJS to visa availability, visas are so backlogged that that means a multi-year wait, and SIJS itself doesn't protect from deportation.