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Originally Posted by Guest
Well.....no. I did address the "11 million remaining" illegal aliens. It was point #5.
5. Simply enforce existing immigration laws until they are changed by Congress.
ICE deals with other illegal aliens as they come in contact with them. It is just lower on the priority list than the other four items above it.
I continue to resist the argument that just because someone successfully broke our laws (to get here) and has successfully avoided detection of their illegal presence, we should put them on the path to citizenship.
NOW, having said that, I would consider measures (a new class of non immigrant visa) that would legitimize the presence of illegal aliens who have been in the United States for a long period of time without having been convicted of a crime, with the provision that they cannot attain citizenship without returning to their home country and getting in line behind their fellow citizens who have been waiting to become U.S. citizens legally.
Otherwise, they just take their chances and get deported when we catch them. And, deportation would make future citizenship applications more likely to be refused.
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YO....I think we have agreement on all those issues.
I hope you join me in asking WH/House/Senate to get to work
TOGETHER and come up with legislation. We cannot live one EO at a time.
This is from S744 for citizenship for those.....not as easy....
""First and foremost, the Senate bill would have put the vast majority of the 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants in the United States on a 13-year pathway to citizenship. Anyone who entered the country prior to January 1, 2012, who passed a background check, had not committed a serious crime, and paid fees and a fine could apply to gain registered provisional immigrant, or RPI, status. This is the first step toward permanent residency. Once they gained RPI status, immigrants would be free from the constant worry that they or their family members could be picked up by police, detained, and deported at any time; they also would have the ability to work legally. After 10 years with RPI status, they could adjust to permanent residency and, three years later, become citizens. The bill also included accelerated pathways to citizenship for DREAMers—young undocumented immigrants who came to the United States prior to age 16—and agricultural workers.