Reply #10: So he knowingly used a SSN obtained with a fake passport

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

Sorry. I don't feel sorry for him. I am a legal green card holder. I went through all the painstaking applications, petitions, filing fees and - more importantly - 14 years of waiting to make sure I did things by the book. Thousands upon thousands do the same (by the book) on a daily basis. Part of being a welcomed guest is to respect that country's laws (at least that's what I was thought by my parents).

This guy's grandfather knowingly procures a FAKE passport and then he obtains a social security number based upon a faked passport... that's fraud. That's dishonest and unethical. It has nothing to do with his immigration status - once you cross that line by obtaining false documents, you lose whatever ethical grounds you had (and I do agree that children who were brought illegally to the U.S. should be granted a path to citizenship or permanent residence - in other words, I support the DREAM Act).

He could have called his congressperson and asked for a private bill or he could have talked to a lawyer (there were a couple of amnesties in place, including one in 2001-2002 that could have served him well) or he could have gone back to the Philippines, as painful as that might have been (I faced a similar situation when my parents, sick and tired of paying expensive college tuition, and facing even more years for my green card to arrive, were advised that perhaps I should leave the U.S. and go back to Italy - where I would have been alone without relatives and fending for myself without a job - fortunately, I got married before that time came).