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But a rap there is. INS officials are among the critics: they estimate that 30% of permanent-residence petitions are fraudulent, with corrupt or incompetent lawyers often to blame. To have much hope of gaining a coveted green card, an immigrant must be related to a U.S. citizen or permanent...
Immigrants must also be wary of incompetent lawyers, warn A.I.L.A. officials. With a nearly impenetrable INS bureaucracy supervising complex and muddled laws, a lawyer who does not specialize in immigration work may not have enough expertise. The A.I.L.A. has a screening process and a three-year waiting period to make...
After arriving in the U.S., Agustin (now just "Gus") Valenzuela, 40, held a variety of farm and factory jobs. "Nobody ever asked me for a 'green card' or resident's permit," he says, "just a Social Security number." Like most illegals, Valenzuela simply made up a number. (He was later...
As the search for answers continued, tightened security arrangements went into effect at airports around the world. In Athens, the lift-off point for the hijacked TWA Flight 847, reinforced police detachments were stationed at check-in counters, and airport personnel conducted frequent hand searches of luggage. In West Germany...
Welcome to the headquarters of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New York City. Its 2.1 million files, according to a devastating new report by the National Academy of Sciences, symbolize the INS's inability to "produce reliable, accurate and timely statistics that permit rational decision making concerning immigration policy...