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Would anyone like to share their opinion?
Currently, I'm writing a paper on immigration in the United States..would anyone like to give their opinion to this statement:
"The United States should aggresively police the border with Mexico and levy heavy fines and other penalties on businesses that hire illegal aliens."
Any opinions are welcome..I'm trying to finish up the pros and cons of either side..thanks girls and I hope y'all are enjoying your Sunday!
Re: Would anyone like to share their opinion?
It's amazingly difficult for anyone from Mexico, Central America and most of South America to get a green card, sometimes even a visa. It would be amazing if people who actually wanted to do the work were allowed to do so more easily and had more protection. Crimes against illegals are usually violent and unreported due to their immigration status.
I almost like the idea of penalizing the employers of illegals. But I would want to know where the monies would be spent. We, as a country spend millions of dollars policing our Meixcan border and deporting people. If that money would be placed back into programs then perhaps I would consider it.
Wow, I could not agree more! Although I'm almost done writing the paper, I appreciate your response! It all depends on where the money from the penalties goes and we need to simplify the ways to get visas and green cards. Thank you for sharing!
Simplify ways to get green card/visa - fine.
But the laws are still the laws and must be adhered to in the mean time.
This is legal advice. Circa 2011
I think one of the biggest problems with the US immigration system, as it currently stands, is that it takes a *very* long time for residents of certain countries to get visas and/or green cards.
As an example: In my immigration law textbook a few years back, I remember reading charts about the family preference status visas. These are visas for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The charts showed waits of well over a decade in certain family-status visa categories. I was curious, so I checked out the State Department's latest visa bulletin for the most recent updates.
If you are the spouse or minor child of a legal permanent resident of the US (aka a green card-holder) and you are from Mexico, you would have had to file your application prior to Oct. 1, 2003 to have it processed by USCIS in December 2009. If you are from any other country, you would have had to filed it by Nov. 1, 2005.
If, by chance, you are the adult unmarried son or daughter of a U.S. citizen and you are from Mexico, you would have had to file your application prior to Aug. 1, 1992 to have it processed by USCIS in December 2009. If you're in the same category but from the Philippines, you would have had to file by Nov. 1, 1993.
Again, these are wait times for visas for immediate family members of US citizens or permanent residents. And we wonder why even legal immigrants might be tempted to sneak their relatives across the border?