Yes, started this new thread for a reason.
My daughter, now 28, was adopted from Russia in 1997. We took her to New Orleans to the INS office and she received her US citizenship that summer. We have all the documentation...still have the little American flag they gave her that day. She holds dual citizenship, Russia & the USA. She has been here 23 years. Completed all kinds of schooling (I know, I paid for it all), is a CNA and phlebotomist, etc...now she is applying for a job in the US Government...in the medical field. She has interviewed for the job, they liked her and made her an offer and then handed her a stack of paperwork to complete. Which she did...she answered honestly the question(s) on citizenship and then OMG!! We are having to jump through hoops to prove she does indeed have US citizenship, for one thing. And after that...we had all the documentation and they accepted copies...they are putting her through a ringer on any foreign travel she has done, any foreign government contacts she may have, and other ridiculous crap.
This is the very reason I bristle at the lax crapola with illegal immigration. My wife and I had to do a teleconference with some agent who is handling the "HR" (more like the Spanish Inquisition) and answer questions and SWEAR we were telling the truth, under penalty of perjury, on the details of her adoption/citizenship. I got frustrated and commented, "It would have been better if our daughter had snuck across the border illegally." My wife elbowed me at that instant. But, the agent said, "Yeah, that would have been easier...less paperwork involved."
We(she) will get through this and eventually get that job...to which I told her, you better stay in that position for a long time after all this mess! And I know many others, many, many others who came here LEGALLY under a student or work visa and have to fight and pay handsomely to get their visas renewed/extended, or to apply for another status toward citizenship. Good people who obeyed the law and have done it right. And then those scumbag illegals, while burning the American flag, cussing us out, pour across the border and get all kinds of services for free. No questions asked, no effing paperwork the size of a mountain to fill out.
Even before my daughter applied for this job, which she did a couple of weeks ago, I was adamant in making the process easier for LEGAL immigrants to get to stay here, while stopping illegals from entering and kicking out those we catch. This just drives it home even more. Now, it is personal...and I am angry. Like the Hulk says, "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
Now...of course, yes, the nature of the agency my daughter is seeking to be employed by, a US Federal Agency, does require some scrutiny of all applicants. I get it. But, when they had the records in front of them, on their computer screen, that showed my daughter is a US citizen, and has been for 23 years, they dare to question that!? What, did they think we hacked into the INS computer network and planted false information for our then, 5-yr-old little girl? How stupid is that!
Okay...I had to vent. I feel better now. I even packed away my machine gun and cancelled the trip to the Rio Grande... no need for any of that.