How to legally immigrate to the USA from Dominican Republic?

The big assumption underlying your question is that anyone who wants to immigrate to the US should be able to. There are potentially billions of people around the world who might come to the US for a better life if we relaxed immigration restrictions. Our shaky economy with a spiraling federal deficit simply cannot absorb a large increase in newcomers seeking jobs, housing, medical care, and education for their children. Immigration restrictions to keep population growth manageable are necessary. Immigration to another country is a privilege, not a right. That is true for any country in the world. There is no universal legal or natural right to immigrate. Animals fight and kill others who trespass on their turf, and historically, humans did the same. Passports and visas are a humane modern solution to managing human migration.

EDIT: Our country has not turned its back on immigration. To the contrary, we accept one million new legal immigrants every year and last year deported only 400,000 of the estimated 12 million people living in the US illegally. Our founding fathers Jefferson, Madison, and others envisioned our land as being open to all comers BUT they also stated clearly an expectation that all immigrants learn English and adapt to the customs of English-Americans. The founding fathers would roll in their graves if they knew that US citizens could cast ballots printed in dozens of foreign languages. Three hundred years ago, our land was sparsely settled with a large frontier that beckoned newcomers. Not so anymore. We achieved our Manifest Destiny more than 100 years ago. When Emma Lazarus' poem was enscribed on France's gift to celebrate our democracy, opportunity meant only a chance to work and raise a family. It did not mean Medicaid-funded childbirths, WIC, food stamps, and a buffet of other entitlements. One hundred years ago government spending comprised only 6% of GDP. Now it's 40%. Our population density and economic structure have changed dramatically in the last 100 years. Open borders are not feasible, not even to someone like you who aspires to get papers. You won't find a better life here if there are 100 million people crowding through the door with you.

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How to legally immigrate to the USA from Dominican Republic?

I've done a little research and have become a bit confused. Most Americans are against illegal immigrants, but not opposed to legal immigrants. But how many have actually researched legal immigration? If the US government provides no legitimate path to legal immigration, must illegal...

Immigration to the US is so difficult because so many people are already in line to immigrate. The US accepts more legal immigrants per year than the rest of the world's countries combined. There is no room for another billion people in the US, yet more than that aim to immigrate. The US already has over 31 million Americans looking for work! The number of people with jobs now is less than in 1998, and real wages are back to 1970 levels. This is entirely due to the high US birthrate plus high immigration rates. The US economy CANNOT absorb the massive population growth! US population growth rates - including births, legal immigration, and illegal aliens - is among the highest in the world, and that rate is impoverishing.

The US has more than enough people with bachelor degrees in communications, more than enough architects, more than enough of practically every sort of qualification imaginable. E.g. people think the US is "short" of nurses, yet only one-third of qualified nurses who are US citizens actually work as nurses.

So even if you really fell in love with a US citizen and could get immigration/green card through marriage, your chances of finding work in the US are poor. What kind of "contribution" is that? There's probably no great glut of qualified, imaginative and innovative architects in Domincan Republic and the Caribbean area. So if you are really any good, you probably have more opportunities there than in the US.

Also note the numbers of US-born citizens who are emigrating - one every 54 seconds. And Domincan Republic is among the popular choices for settling, along with Panama, Costa Rica, Belize, etc. You have not been doing enough homework, but are still buying into myths which are no longer valid, if they ever were. You have an education, now get smart.

Over 1,000,000 men, women and children immigrate to the USA each and every year. So your question, " If the US government provides no legitimate path to legal immigration, must illegal immigration be tolerated?" has no basis in fact.

The reason the Diversity Visa is closed to Dominicans is because over 50,000 of them immigrate to the USA each year. Once again, this demonstrates the falsehood of your original question.

For some bizarre reason, in 1965, Senator Ted Kennedy was allowed to rewrite the US immigration law. Quotas for nations were more or less eliminated and the new law stressed family reunification. Until the law changes you are forced to deal with it as it currently stands.

Unfortunately you are correct. You sound like a young fellow. Try to get into a graduate program on a student visa and try getting a job. If the stars align for you, seven years later you may be eligible for a green card. Then again, the US job market is in a bad spot, so chances are going it this way will be nearly impossible.

I know I'm young but I see what you mean. I live in Colorado which apparently sits in a basin of racism towards anyone who even seems to be "darker" or speaks with an "accent". I am dating someone who, as most would say mexican, is mestizo. He is an amazing person, yet all i hear constantly is " but he's mexican," or " He's hispanic....they hate us white people..." When in fact his older and younger brother look white. These people only see him and his twin brother for their color not for them. I feel that the United States has receded back to its old ways... yet this time its latino/mexican/hispanic/cuban/ etc... instead of blacks that we are discriminating against.

mexicans have been known to use the rio grande waterway,all that's needed is a inner tube( preferably a truck tube) extra strength hefty bags and a paddle. once afloat you could land almost anywhere on the u.s. side. its a very popular means of transportation for the mexican who usually is very poor and cannot afford a coyote