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Originally Posted by jimbomaybe
Perhaps some sort of migrant worker program , come to the US for a short stay , leave when the seasonal work is done , take your pay back to your home country, brings much needed money there, I think if the problems of abusing that sort of system could be worked out it could benefit all parties, but then it works out better politically just to be very non selective as to who comes into our country
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Yes, there was a work visa program, I don't know if it still exists.
The main problem with our current system (in my not so humble opinion) is the court system is almost completely underfunded. The result is people come here and claim asylum, which is legal, and they get scheduled for a hearing usually 2 or 3 years later. Since we also don't have housing for a couple of million people waiting for their hearing, they are released and instructed to come back on their hearing date.
We need an overhaul of the court system, so someone comes in, they have 1 week to prepare their case, and they get a hearing. If they can stay they are given asylum, if their claim is denied they should be deported.
The problem with that is that it might actually work, but then the politicians would lose that talking point at the next election.
Just like the mass shooting issue. It could be fixed, but it won't be. That is another talking point politicians can run on. They have to keep us hating each other in order to stay in office.