{"id":21488,"date":"2019-05-16T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=21488"},"modified":"2019-05-16T14:07:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T18:07:42","slug":"ny-times-makes-another-u-turn-away-from-the-truth-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/05\/16\/ny-times-makes-another-u-turn-away-from-the-truth-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times Makes Another U-Turn Away From The Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>According to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/14\/us\/politics\/trumps-immigration-visa-crime.html?login=smartlock&amp;auth=login-smartlock\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>, \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s hard-line campaign to limit immigration has undercut his own tough-on-crime agenda.\u201d How so? There are backlogs in the U Visa program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Times <\/em>describes the U Visa as offering, \u201cundocumented immigrants\ntemporary legal residency and a path to American citizenship if they cooperate\nwith law enforcement officials after being a victim or a witness to violent\ncrimes, among them domestic violence and sexual assaults.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That depiction implies that becoming the victim of a crime immediately qualifies an illegal alien for U.S. citizenship. But that\u2019s not even close to accurate. In reality, U nonimmigrant status <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscis.gov\/humanitarian\/victims-human-trafficking-other-crimes\/victims-criminal-activity-u-nonimmigrant-status\/victims-criminal-activity-u-nonimmigrant-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">is available<\/a> to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Any alien \u2013 lawfully present or illegal \u2013 who is\nadmissible to the United States.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Who as suffered substantial physical or mental\nabuse as a result of having been a victim of criminal activity. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Who provides information to law enforcement that\nis helpful in the investigation or prosecution of the criminal activity (<em>i.e.<\/em>, not someone who merely cooperates\nwith law enforcement but one who actually assists police or prosecutors).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>And who has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/U-and-T-Visa-Law-Enforcement-Resource%20Guide_1.4.16.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">certified<\/a> by the investigating or prosecuting authority as a productive, cooperating witness.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>What the <em>Times<\/em> also fails to mention is that the U visa program has been\nrife with fraud, since its inception in 2000. Poorly defined standards for\ngranting U visas and careless adjudication by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration\nServices (USCIS) has created a situation in which status-seeking aliens can\naccuse someone of a crime in order to manufacture eligibility for the U\nprogram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a statutory cap of 10,000 visas for the U program. Nevertheless, as<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/immigrants-preying-on-americans-with-false-tales-of-abuse-to-stay-in-us-experts-say\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Fox News<\/a><\/em> noted in a 2016 article on U visa fraud, applications for the program increased from 24,768 in 2012 to 52,666 in 2015. They have continued to increase each year. Yet, there is no evidence that immigrants are increasingly becoming the victims of crime. The logical conclusion is that the word is out in the immigrant community and a U visa application is now seen as a work-around for ineligibility for other immigration programs or unlawful presence in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In thepiece referenced above, <em>Fox <\/em>quotes a former Colorado prosecutor who acknowledged that, &#8220;anyone who enters the country illegally and can produce a restraining order or affidavit, even with no hard evidence of abuse [thereby qualifying for U status], is likely to be approved for a work permit and permanent residency.&#8221; And the <a href=\"https:\/\/cis.org\/Arthur\/Worst-Kind-Immigration-Fraud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Center for Immigration Studies<\/a> has recounted the story of an Indiana man who admitted to filing more than 250 fraudulent U applications, on behalf of immigrants, between 2013 and 2017. These are only two of many documented cases of U visa fraud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the <em>Times<\/em> produces no evidence that what it characterizes as an attempt by the Trump administration to \u201climit\u201d U Visas has had any significant effect on local law enforcement efforts to prosecute crimes. Instead, it furnishes a lot of whining from both illegal aliens and low-level police officials in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/04\/23\/sanctuary-prosecutors-endangering-the-public-devaluing-citizenship-immigrationreform-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">sanctuary jurisdictions<\/a> that U visa applications are taking too long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, might it be the case that any\ndelays in adjudication represent USCIS attempts to ensure more careful\nadjudication of U applications, rather than an attempt to punish immigrants?\nThat appears to be the case, the <em>Times<\/em>\neven quotes a USCIS spokesman who says that \u201cheightened vetting\u201d of U visa\napplicants \u201caims to ensure that the integrity of the U visa program remains\nstrong so that it continues to be a valuable tool for law enforcement and\nprovides meaningful protection to victims.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, that wouldn\u2019t line up with the <em>Times\u2019 <\/em>preferred anti-Trump, open-borders <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/07\/03\/the-new-york-times-twists-facts-to-create-martyrs-out-of-immigration-violators\/\" target=\"_blank\">narrative<\/a>. And an accurate recitation of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/10\/02\/new-york-times-again-buries-the-facts-to-push-its-own-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\">the facts<\/a> takes a backseat to fake news that supports ideology approved by the Grey Lady and her <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/05\/07\/more-fake-news-at-the-washington-post-immigrationreform-com\/\" target=\"_blank\">mainstream<\/a> media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/09\/12\/the-atlantics-distorted-perspective-on-immigration-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">cohorts<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the New York Times, \u201cPresident Trump\u2019s hard-line campaign to limit immigration has undercut his own tough-on-crime agenda.\u201d How so? There are backlogs in the U Visa program. The Times describes the U Visa as offering, \u201cundocumented immigrants temporary legal residency and a path to American citizenship if they cooperate with law enforcement officials<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2019\/05\/16\/ny-times-makes-another-u-turn-away-from-the-truth-immigrationreform-com\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":17112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[5079],"tags":[1524,275,5622,4366],"yst_prominent_words":[2157,1978,2075,5616,1995,2013,1980,1963,2030,2159,1944,5618,4388,5620,5615,5617,5619,2172,5621,3905],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21488"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21488"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21490,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21488\/revisions\/21490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21488"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=21488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}