Immigration: Illegals to the Back of the Line
As we reform our immigration policy and streamline the system for those who wish to enter the United States legally, we must also deal with the 12-20 million illegal immigrants.
The wait in line should be shortened for all, but Illegals should be put at the back of this line.
Spouses of U.S. citizens, as well as parents and children under 21, are granted immediate entry. Everyone else goes to the end of lines that vary in length according to country, the prospective immigrant's relationship to the U.S. sponsor and profession. According to the State Department, experienced laborers from India face a five-year wait for a visa, while Filipino siblings of Americans wait more than 22 years.
My take: Those who came to this country illegally, those who willingly violated US immigration law, must make restitution in the form of fines and back taxes and then if they wanted to stay must be put at the end of this line.
If that happens, along with a serious effort to secure our borders, then any guest worker program could be acceptable.
5 Comments:
22 years? Why should anyone who wants to come have to wait 22 years?
From a practical standpoint my opinion is that it should be as simple as finding a place to live, finding a job, and letting them know you're here.
I agree that 22 years is outrageous, regardless of from where you are coming.
While 22 years does seem a tad long, I'm not sure how Lord Ben's proposition is in any way practical. Seems to me that it kind of puts the cart before the horse.
I'm willing to accept less strict immigration rules, but moving in and saying "I'm here" goes a little too far.
Why though? What's different about someone who meets the qualifications and waits 2 years from someone who meets qualifications and buys a house tomorrow?
Both of them are the same only one has waited in line and one hasn't. As long as they are responsible enough to find a place to live and get a job why not let them in?
I would add...they should go to the back of a line that includes all of the 17 million people around the world who have applied for a Green Card in the State Department's "diversity lottery" but who did not successfully receive one of the 155,000 granted in the last three years. Now, that's a line. Those people are waiting patiently.
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