To get a fair, reasonable deal on DACA, both parties are gonna have to sideline their hardliners and make it clear to them that they're not gonna dictate or derail this legislation. Here's what I think a fair, reasonable DACA would look like:
Illegals Who Are Already Here
* Allow DACA kids to get renewable permanent resident status with the option to apply for citizenship like all other permament residents when they turn 18.
* Allow parents of DACA kids to get renewable permanent resident status, but no path to citizenship.
* Allow illegals with no children to get renewable permanent resident status, but no path to citizenship.
Future Illegals
* Do not allow adults and children who enter the country illegally after the bill is passed to get permanent residency or a path to citizenship. From this point on, people who enter our country illegally must leave.
Employment and Visas
* Fully fund the E-Verify program and make it mandatory for all employers to ensure that only people with legal status hold American jobs.
* End or drastically reform the visa lottery system, and establish the principle that we want immigrants who have skills and who can contribute to our society.
* Establish an efficient work visa program that enables American employers in seasonal industries to hire citizens from other countries, especially from Central and South American countries, on a seasonal basis. When the work season is over, these workers must return to their own countries, unless they have found employment with other seasonal employers. These workers will not be granted any kind of permanent status, but they will be free to apply for legal immigration like all other foreigners.
Border Security and Internal Security
* Once and for all, complete the wall on the southern border, with the provision that where feasible the wall will be virtual (motion and thermal sensors).
* Hire at least 1,500 additional CBP and ICE agents, and give CBP agents the equipment they need to do the best job possible.
* Prosecute and then deport illegal aliens who have committed serious or violent crimes, such as selling or running illegal drugs, robbery, physical assault, rape, and murder).
* Require state and local officials to cooperate with DHS to apprehend illegals who have committed serious or violent crimes.
Illegals Who Are Already Here
* Allow DACA kids to get renewable permanent resident status with the option to apply for citizenship like all other permament residents when they turn 18.
* Allow parents of DACA kids to get renewable permanent resident status, but no path to citizenship.
* Allow illegals with no children to get renewable permanent resident status, but no path to citizenship.
Future Illegals
* Do not allow adults and children who enter the country illegally after the bill is passed to get permanent residency or a path to citizenship. From this point on, people who enter our country illegally must leave.
Employment and Visas
* Fully fund the E-Verify program and make it mandatory for all employers to ensure that only people with legal status hold American jobs.
* End or drastically reform the visa lottery system, and establish the principle that we want immigrants who have skills and who can contribute to our society.
* Establish an efficient work visa program that enables American employers in seasonal industries to hire citizens from other countries, especially from Central and South American countries, on a seasonal basis. When the work season is over, these workers must return to their own countries, unless they have found employment with other seasonal employers. These workers will not be granted any kind of permanent status, but they will be free to apply for legal immigration like all other foreigners.
Border Security and Internal Security
* Once and for all, complete the wall on the southern border, with the provision that where feasible the wall will be virtual (motion and thermal sensors).
* Hire at least 1,500 additional CBP and ICE agents, and give CBP agents the equipment they need to do the best job possible.
* Prosecute and then deport illegal aliens who have committed serious or violent crimes, such as selling or running illegal drugs, robbery, physical assault, rape, and murder).
* Require state and local officials to cooperate with DHS to apprehend illegals who have committed serious or violent crimes.
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