Agreed! I could see organizations looking to get green cards hitting up hospice networks and old folks homes. You are about to die, so you will bear no financial responsibility for the damage the immigrant you sponsored will cause.
Instead of sponsorships for life, have a renewable 3-10 year sponsorship. If the sponsor dies unexpectedly, you have to find another sponsor or leave (maybe have a year grace if the sponsor dies the year before it needed to be renewed). If the sponsor is old or there is not a long track record on the immigrant, you can only get a 3 year green card. As the immigrant proves that he can positively integrate into our society, you can add years on the next renewal.
If the sponsor has a short lifespan, he must place a deposit to cover for potential losses to society.
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There is some precedence for this idea in existing immigration law. When sponsoring someone for a green card, you have to file an Affidavit of Support with USCIS (form I-864). One consequence of filing that form is if an immigrant you sponsored receives any means-tested public benefits, you are responsible for repaying the cost of those benefits to the agency that provided them.
I like the idea for the most part. I would also love for a citizenship swap. I don’t want my US passport, I want an EU one. So I could swap with someone in the EU who wanted to be American.
what happens when the sponsor dies? does the sponsor have to stay in the united states?
Agreed! I could see organizations looking to get green cards hitting up hospice networks and old folks homes. You are about to die, so you will bear no financial responsibility for the damage the immigrant you sponsored will cause.
Instead of sponsorships for life, have a renewable 3-10 year sponsorship. If the sponsor dies unexpectedly, you have to find another sponsor or leave (maybe have a year grace if the sponsor dies the year before it needed to be renewed). If the sponsor is old or there is not a long track record on the immigrant, you can only get a 3 year green card. As the immigrant proves that he can positively integrate into our society, you can add years on the next renewal.
If the sponsor has a short lifespan, he must place a deposit to cover for potential losses to society.
New show idea: WONK OFF! It’s modern solutions for modern problems. Outside the box ideas discussed by a couple of wonkers. Subway hot takes for policy nerds.
There is some precedence for this idea in existing immigration law. When sponsoring someone for a green card, you have to file an Affidavit of Support with USCIS (form I-864). One consequence of filing that form is if an immigrant you sponsored receives any means-tested public benefits, you are responsible for repaying the cost of those benefits to the agency that provided them.
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/affidavit-of-support
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I like the idea for the most part. I would also love for a citizenship swap. I don’t want my US passport, I want an EU one. So I could swap with someone in the EU who wanted to be American.