When immigration reform goes horribly wrong

No matter how you slice it, this just sucks wet socks. I feel horrible for this poor young lady and her family.

More details: The Bell family consists of four members:  father Kevin Bell, his wife Karen, their two daughters Lauren and Emily, now 17.  They immigrated from Britain to Georgia in 2003 after Kevin had acquired a research and development job with SGD North America in Sparta. The company manufactures glass bottles used as containers for perfume and medicines.

Kevin Bell entered under an H-1B visa. Under its terms, Mr. Bell’s family dependents are not permitted to acquire Social Security numbers or be employed. Lauren herself has an H4 visa, for the wives and children of H-1B visa holders.

The family settled in Madison, Georgia, bought a house and paid taxes. Lauren graduated from high school and is now a junior at Georgia College and State University.

The technicality: Lauren, her younger sister Emily (now seventeen), and her mother are all three covered by her father’s work visa. Upon turning twenty-one, at the end of January, Lauren is no longer considered a dependent. Thus she will no longer be covered by her father’s visa.

via Memo From Middle America | Obama’s Administrative Amnesty Not Applicable To White, Legal, English Girl. And While We’re On The Subject, Aren’t British Immigrants Preferable To Mexican Immigrants Anyway? | VDARE.com.

Head over and read this rest of that, it is truly a terrible story of how the Government is biased towards everyone, except those who actually need it.