© 2013 Rick Adamson
By Rick Adamson 2.27.13
Candy Store
Who can really blame poor folks for trying to improve their
situation by wanting to come to the United
States ?
Especially since we do not secure our borders and at the same time we
appear to be a candy store offering a better way of life and abundant
benefits. We offer jobs even though it
is against the law to hire undocumented workers. We offer to educate and feed their
children for free, we offer citizenship to their children who are born here and
we offer free emergency health care, among other benefits. If they commit
crimes they are not punished like citizens, rather they are deported giving
them an opportunity to come back and commit more crimes. Further, long waiting
lines and high cost contribute the illegal immigration.
And it is not only the poor folks from Mexico and South America who are here illegally. It has been estimated that up to 40 percent of our undocumented immigrants are here on expired visas. Think 9/11, these terrorists were admitted legally but did not leave when their visas expired.
And it is not only the poor folks from Mexico and South America who are here illegally. It has been estimated that up to 40 percent of our undocumented immigrants are here on expired visas. Think 9/11, these terrorists were admitted legally but did not leave when their visas expired.
Length of Time and Cost to Legally Immigrate
Immigration to the United
States is often a difficult process. In
addition, there may be long delays due to backlogs. In order to maintain an orderly immigration
process, the U.S.
has established a waiting list system.
While this makes for an orderly process, it can create backlogs of many
years for certain countries and certain categories. For example:
The average wait time is 6-7 years.[3] The average cost is 5-7 thousand dollars or more depending on the category of the individual.[4]
See here for a brief description of the immigration process.[5]
We need major reforms which should include eliminating the automatic citizenship for children born to illegals in this country, eliminating all benefits for unregistered illegal aliens and their families, a guest worker program that allows registered aliens to come in to work and then return home, simplification of the legal immigration process (which is a mess) and a reevaluation of the total number of immigrants to be allowed in each year. We need more severe punishment for those who enter illegally. For the 12,000,000 or more illegals already here, we need to have them register, check their criminal history and put them in the guest worker program discussed above. The criminal components should be deported immediately. Those registered (and in the guest worker program) could then apply for citizenship in the normal way. Those apprehended, for one reason or another, who have not registered should be deported immediately.
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