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Visa Lottery: Everyone's Fear By, Edward Juarez Immigrant's Voice (TV program)  Column: October 5, 2009 Give your opinion on our Immigration Forum Edward's Blog
	Edward Juarez
	Founder and President

Millions of immigrants, who are well informed, are afraid to participate in this Visa Lottery because they believe it is a trap leading them right into deportation.  This could very well occur.  The Welfare Reform Act of 1996, says that ‘all’ government agencies, without excluding any branch, must report the whereabouts of every undocumented immigrant they know of to Immigration.  This position was confirmed by a more recent law known as the Patriot Act. 
On the contrary, in 1998 the IRS, the most important federal government organization to collect taxes, began to give out ITIN numbers, but publicly declared that they would not share any information with Immigration about immigrants who pay taxes.  To this day, they have kept their word. 
You and I know that the sharing of information between governmental agencies is a normal procedure.  Immigration has access to national intelligence to find out the whereabouts of almost all undocumented immigrants, but do not have the disposition to do so.  It is not the best idea to promote a massive panic of deportation for the North American Nation, nor put a stop to their tax contributions.   
If immigration could begin deportation procedures with the applicants of the visa lottery, they too could do so with those who applied for residency under section 245i, who are currently pending legal status but still are undocumented; or even with those who possess an ITIN from the IRS. 
As you can see, there is no major risk in participating in the Lottery that began October 2nd. The International Immigrants Foundation located at 7 West 44th St. in Manhattan, offers free assistance to those who desire to participate.
The Foundation and all its resources belong to you! Therefore, you may obtain a free professional consultation and participate in my next immigration conference, where I will explain to you in detail - what is currently happening in the immigration field and the most important facts you must know - to make intelligent decisions and be in complete control of your immigration case.