“My best friend is a H1-B visa nurse from a thirld world country. As soon as she got her green card, she petitioned her parents to come to the US. Then her parents petitioned her 5 siblings. The parents and siblings are not professionals. The parents and a few sibs are now on the dole. America is so great!”
That’s interesting, do you know how long it takes? Because for a greencard holder to sponsor parents, it takes at least 5 to 7 years, if not longer. And if her other siblings are adults, it also took a very long time (if not impossible). I know someone who has a greencard and his wife can’t stay in the US because the normal process takes 5 to 7 years! Right now they are separated across the Pacific. They’re trying visa lottery every year hoping to get lucky. Another friend made the mistake of giving birth in China (she was a permanent residient already at the time) and didn’t bring her daughter along the very first time she returned to the US. So her daughter couldn’t get a visa to come to the US and was brought up by grandma until she was 5. This friend had to wait to get citizenship first because as a greencard holder your priority is so low that wait time is incredibly long. Immigration lost her paperwork, so she had to write to the senator in her states to petition for help. Luckily, a staff member was sympathetic and finally her daughter was able to come — it took 5 years!
It is actually very very difficult to get into this country using normal, legal channels.
