Fraternity-Testvériség, 1957 (35. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1957-05-01 / 5. szám
4 FRATERNITY stop this shabby betrayal of the brave people who dealt Communism a most grievous wound, that our immigration laws must help liberation struggles instead of hindering them. When we have done this, and only then, can we demand that the U. N. do more. Our hands will then be clean to lead the U. N. in the things which ought at least to be attempted — to expel the Kadar delegates for contempt, to bring sanctions against the Soviets, to set up a U. N. police force ready to act in new emergencies. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION Question: I have a cousin who immigrated to the United States several years ago. He left his wife and two children in the old country with the idea of bringing them to the United States after he had gotten settled here. Now that he is ready to bring them here he finds that, while the quota of his own country is still open, his wife’s — she was born in a different country — is greatly oversubscribed. Is there any way his wife and children can come to the United States now, without having to wait? Answer: Yes. Under the law a spouse or child may be charged to the quota of the accompanying spouse or parent if that is necessary to prevent separation of the family, and if visa numbers under the quota of the accompanying spouse or parents are available. This is true whether the accompanying spouse or parent is coming to the United States for the first time, or is a returning resident alien in possession of a reentry permit. Therefore, if your cousin obtains a re-entry permit from the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and goes back to get his wife and children, they will be able to return with him because they will then be chargeable to your cousin’s quota. Question: My mother has been expecting to immigrate to the United States. She would live with my wife and me. She does not plan to work. We have prepared a preference petition and an affidavit of support in her behalf, and the Consul recently told her that her number would be reached soon. Suddenly she has become ill and the doctor says that her arm will have to be amputated because of possible cancer. Will that prevent her immigration? Answer: The immigration law excludes persons who are afflicted with tuberculosis or other dangerous contagious diseases. Since cancer is not contagious you do not have to worry about your mother being excluded on' that ground. An obvious physical defect such as the loss of an arm could interfere with one’s ability to earn a living. In such cases it is necessary for the immigrant to establish that he or she will not have to earn a living. Your mother can readily do this, since she does not plan to work and will be living with you and your wife.
