This question is pertaining to the new immigration laws?

[garbhach65]

It is great what the president is doing, with the illegals, but what I would like to know is,
What about individuals who came here legally but overstayed ?
Is there any laws that can help them become legal?
Is there any other way for them to become legal besides getting married?
Is there anyway the can get back into status?
Is there anyway in which they may obtain a drivers license?
Is there anyway they may be able to go to college?
What if I told you that I know a individual that has overstay five years, and has been paying taxes for the five years they have been here.
Would that help there situation in any way?

[ealahweemah72]

There are no new immigration laws

they can legally leave and return home
No
No
No
No
in some states but pointless
MAKES NO DIFFERENCE IF HE PAID DOUBLE TAX AND BEEN HERE 20 YEAR

[boynton35]

There are NO new immigration laws. That Stinker's executive order has not resulted in any new rules being issued or even proposed. It could take months (or years) to get proposed rules published in Federal Register for comment period, and the whole notion is under extreme fire & court contest.

That Stinker's proposals do not apply to visa overstayers. Paying taxes does not justify breaking other laws. You are still a lawbreaker! Go home to your own country. You will be barred from reentry for 10 years, but then you could try applying for a visa in the future. That's the only way you are going to be able to return legally, go to school, get a drivers license or anything else. Y

If your parents fraudulently obtained temporary non-immigration visas when intending to and actually remaining illegally & they brought you, you should have left before you turned 18 - if you did, your parents' illegal acts would not have been held against you. After age 18, you are an adult & lawbreaking, visa violations are your own responsibility. At 18, break the law & you are the lawbreaker - no more excuses about "parents did it to me."

[torin7]

There is no new law. There is only a directive from Obama halting deportations and authorizing temporary papers for illegal immigrants who arrived here under the age of 16 and have resided he continuously for at least five years. Both illegal aliens and visa overstayers are eligible if they meet the above criteria.

Visa overstayers entered with tourist , student, or other temporary, non-immigrant status. Other than a petition from a US citizen spouse or child over 21' ther is no back door path to a green card for people who choose to misuse temporary visas to immigrate.

The tax argument doesn't wash. Everyone physically present pays sales taxes directly and property taxes directly or indirectly by renting or staying in a hotel. Among people working under a SSN on payroll, only 47% paid a net federal income tax last year. The other 53% got a full refund on income taxes deducted. Taxes pay for services like public safety, road maintenance, and public schools, used by all residents regardless of legal status. Around the world foreign residents without PR are taxed like locals yet uneligible for government benefits and unable to get permanent residency. I paid taxes for 12 years while living overseas in three foreign countries. If you feel exploited by a situation of your own making, you're free to leave anytime. You won't be fined or jailed at the airport.

[barnett]

There are no new immigration laws. All that has happened is making public what has been policy under President Obama for years: focus on deporting criminals, first and foremost, and leave those alone who would qualify under the DREAM Act, should it become law next year or the year thereafter.

The DREAM Act includes those who were brought to the US as minors under the age of 16. It also includes minors who came with a visa and overstayed, of course.

For somebody who came to the US after the age of 16 and is out of status, marriage to a US citizen is the only way to get back into status. There's no other way. They also can only get a driver's license in Washington, Utah, and New Mexico, provided they reside in that state. College is handed on a state level, so there are colleges, i.e. California, where the immigration status is not part of the admission process. Paying taxes of one has an income is federal law. Not doing so would be tax evasion, a felony.