Legal immigration in America is hard – Nigerian Lady complains

A Nigerian lady based in America identified as Oluyemi Olurin has taken to Twitter the Microblogging Platform to complain about immigration policy in America.

Oluyemi, who stated that she has lawfully been in America since 2008 says that the only way she can acquire citizenship is through marriage.

Oluyemi who claimed to be a Public defender stated that she attended high school, college, and law school in America. she also stated that she has been passed and admitted to the bar.

She further stated that despite that she has defended people’s constitutional rights in America, her only path to acquire citizenship is through marriage.

Telling the American Immigration Council to be honest about their Immigration policies, she stated that before she could get a work visa she had to go through a lot.

Her Words: I’ve been lawfully in America since 2008. I’ve attended high school, college + law school here. I’ve passed + been admitted to the bar. I’m a public defender defending people’s constitutional rights. I still have no path to citizenship except marriage. Be honest about immigration.

And I had to move to MOUNTAINS to get a work visa. Legal immigration in America is a hardship I really could never put into words.

And I had to move MOUNTAINS to get a work visa. Legal immigration in America is a hardship I really could never put into words

— Olayemi Olurin (@msolurin) June 8, 2021

The post however generated several reactions as many people came to show their solidarity and offered solutions.

In similar news, a 22-year-old Nigerian identified as Mr. Steve Ezeonu has won the Grand Prairie City Council election run-off in Texas, United State.

According to the reports, the young Nigerian-American earned 3,903 votes to beat his closest rival Greg Giessner, who garnered 3,720 votes in the June 5 run-off.

The run-off saw Mr. Ezeonu of the Democratic Party getting 51.2 percent of the votes against Mr. Giessner’s 48.8 percent.

Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM),  congratulated Steve Ezeonu on his political victory.

In a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and Public Relations of the commission. Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated that Mr. Ezeonu’s victory was hard-earned but well-deserved, she also explained that by emerging victorious, Mr. Ezeonu proved “hard work and dedication to duty pay.”

She pointed out that she was not surprised by Mr. Ezeonu’s victory because his resilience, dedication, doggedness contributed to his success despite his young age.