Urge lawmakers of the US to approve America’s Children Act
Our Bureau
Washington
A large number of Indian Americans are running from pillar to post for the last few years, as ‘documented dreamers’ of Indian origin seek an end to their uncertain future.
Recently in the US, ‘America’s Children Act’ has been introduced to address the problem of long-term visa holders known as documented dreamers. They are actively seeking the support of the lawmakers in US Capitol – Seat of the US Congress, to approve this act.
These ‘dreamers’ enter US as basically children immigrants with their parents on an employment-based visa. They grow up legally in the United States but face an uncertain future when they turn 21 years of age or risk deportation from the US.
These young dreamers estimated to be 250,000 face a US congress that is bitterly divided on political lines and are making every possible effort to convince them about the probity of a really genuine issue. Urging all the congressmen and senators to make necessary legislative changes that can grant citizenship to aged-out kids.
Muhil Ravichandran, 24, who was 2 years old when she first came to the US, said she would now have to self-deport from the country that she had been calling home for almost two decades. “Due to the Green Card backlog, I had aged out by the time my parents finally received their green cards. My future is now uncertain,” she added.
“It is time to permanently end the aging out and pass the America’s Children Act,” Dip Patel, founder, of Improve The Dream, said. He is bearing the torch on behalf of all the documented dreamers.
In 2005, his parents immigrated to the United States and started a small business for their family to succeed. “We made America our home,” Patel told reporters at the Capitol. “This country raised me, educated me, and has made me who I am today. After nearly two decades of living here lawfully, my parents and I have not yet received permanent resident status. This resonates with everyone standing with me today,” he said, adding that a loophole in the system is pushing young people brought here legally to leave the country after they turn 21.
