Maxine Waters is the incarnation of government fraud. She represents Compton as her congressional district, a city full of gang violence, drugs and crime, mostly black community, yet she on her $179K salary affords a $5 million+ mansion in Pacific Palisades, which is an extremely affluent mostly white community along the coast, west of Los Angeles.
Yes, there is a line. There is visa application process that every single foreigner can apply for at a U.S. embassy in their country. This whole process can take several years for approval.