Suncat and a few others know all about the delays and the amount of time it takes to migrate legally into the USofA. Congress needs to take this issue up and fix the process to allow for the process to be much more timely.
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Suncat and a few others know all about the delays and the amount of time it takes to migrate legally into the USofA. Congress needs to take this issue up and fix the process to allow for the process to be much more timely.
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There is a reason why it takes as long as it does. It's actually a vetting process. Which I agree with 100%. And it's actually not hard at all, but it is time consuming and gets expensive.
There is room for everyone, and I have always said & believed that. There are rules and laws that have to be followed. The path to US citizenship is already laid out and paved for those that want to take the journey. Just do what you're supposed to and the prize is at the end of that journey.
I see no reasons to change the laws. Issue is efficiency, not the process. I don't want fast tracks to citizenship. It should be a slow process filled with obstacles that insure productive contributors rather than resource takersQuote:
Originally Posted by dan_bgblue
The link contrasts the illegals who bypass the laws. That is the issue. It's not fair when illegals get to skip the line and process. The process is there for a reason
We will need more immigrants. First we need to expand the visa program for "brain drain", which brings the best and brightest from other countries to the US. This has been a boon to US advancement for decades, and is really the basis for all good immigration, people coming here to work hard and better themselves.
We also need more labor, and that will increase.
We can make the visa process for that more efficient, but at the end of the day we need some kind of vetting process, and we need our intelligence organizations to work to prevent criminals and terrorists from entering.
That process will never be perfect, but the worst possible outcome would be to keep our restrictions on high-value people who want to come here but can't get through the process due to the caps and quotas, and then simultaneously open the border with no controls whatsoever on the other side.
A sane policy would work fine, but we have not had a sane policy since the 1980s.
The policy I wish Trump would pursue would expand total immigration on an annual basis, but be very hard line on proper vetting and preventing illegal border crossings.
That's a fair compromise politically and in balancing the various needs, and sound economic and security policy, which of course is why it will never happen.
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Over many years, the United States has suffered tremendously from the cross-border impacts of the trafficking of people and drugs by Mexican cartels. From the opioid crisis fueled by fentanyl to broader public safety issues arising from cartel-facilitated crime and violence, American communities have borne the brunt of this transnational scourge. This is sad, but not new.
We are used to thinking about this as a domestic problem, but it is also the case that the Mexican government is in violation of international law by allowing harm emanating from its territory to be inflicted on America and her citizens.
By allowing so much harm to America and its citizens to emanate from Mexico, the Mexican government is violating international law by failing to rein in the criminal enterprises at the heart of the illegal trafficking. A careful analysis of international legal principles, state responsibility and treaty obligations makes it clear that Mexico is neglecting its duty to prevent harm emanating from its territory International Law Commission, 2001)
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