The fear that the individual will qualify. he will come forward. make the application. and his family will not qualify. Indeed. even though it is not meant to occur. even though on the application record. where one sets forth that he has a family and children in the country. that is not meant to result in punitive action. but it does. and it has resulted that the families are punished. So once that happensand I think we all know there is a network amongst the illegal aliens. it goes like wildfire. word travels how they are treatedonce that happens. and it has happened in my State that a person came forward. applied. and there was retribution against his illegal alien children and his wife. who did not qualify. then nobody else is going to come forth and take a chance. That. I believe. is one of the principal reasons for the low application rate that I stated.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that illegal aliens have a network and word travels fast among them.