Question #4:  I'm here in the United States on a visitor visa. My visa will expire in May 2000. Am I eligible for amnesty? Are my children eligible to join me in US? They are in my home country at this time.

Carl Shusterman: As with the 1986 law, I would expect that if Congress does pass an Amnesty Bill, it would only apply to persons who had been illegal in the United States for several years.

Otherwise, Congress would be afraid of encouraging people to come on tourist visas to the United States tomorrow and start working the next day in order to qualify for amnesty.

If you are interested in residing permanently in the United States, I suggest that you check out the legal ways of doing so, at:

http://Shusterman.com/toc-gc.html

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