Their visit should not function as the first step in the Green Card process. Following the law allows the majority of these cases to be handled by the State Department at U.S. consular offices abroad and frees up limited USCIS resources to focus on processing other cases that fall under its purview, including visas for victims of violent crime and human trafficking, naturalization applications, and other priorities.
The law was written this way for a reason, and despite the fact that it has been ignored for years, following it will help make our system fairer and more efficient.
For years, Washington politicians and open-borders activists exploited this loophole to quietly transform America’s immigration system into a revolving door.
