AsianTrumpSupporter
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Until and unless actual immigration is reform, I fully support Trump going after and deporting illegal immigrants. However, if we're going to have any reform at all, I wouldn't be opposed to something like this:
-Any illegal immigrant currently in the country and who can document that he or she has been here for X number of years (some arbitrary number we can all agree on) would be eligible for a work visa to work in the fields or similar work such as lawn care, hotel maids, etc. if and only if he or she does not have a serious, criminal record (i.e., rape, murder, robbery, fraud, identity theft, grand theft, etc.).
-These illegal immigrants would have to pay some fine to get into the work visa program. They would have to admit that they broke the law by illegally immigrating to America and working illegally in America. A plea of "no contest" would not be sufficient.
-While in the work visa program, these illegal immigrants would be ineligible for welfare of any kind except for maybe, at most, 1-3 months of unemployment per year if they get laid off (not eligible if they are fired for cause).
-These illegal immigrants should have to renew their work visa every year (paying the appropriate renewal fees and taxes) to ensure they are holding up their end of the bargain. They would have to keep a clean, criminal record (none of the serious crimes mentioned above) and keep a qualifying job for at least 90% of the time that they are in the work visa program.
-If these illegal immigrants can satisfy these requirements and stay in the work visa program for X number of years (i.e., 5-10 years), they can apply for (but are not entitled to or guaranteed) a green card. When they do so, they go to the back of the line of everyone else already in line from around the world trying to get a green card. There will be no guarantee that they will ever get a green card, but they will be protected from deportation while they wait and will continue to be allowed to stay in the work visa program unless and until they can graduate to a green card.
-At any time during their stay up until they actually get citizenship (again, not guaranteed), they are subject to deportation if they're found guilty of any serious crimes.
-While in the work visa program, they pay the appropriate social security taxes (as well as other taxes), but their right to social security does not vest unless and until they actually become citizens. If they are deported without becoming citizens, they lose out on social security, and that money goes towards paying citizens' social security.
Citizenship is a privilege, not a right. However, I'm not opposed to people coming in on a work visa to work in our fields if they are good, hard working people who keep a clean, criminal record. This is just a general, broad outline, and we can debate and tweak things here and there. But this is the general outline I'd support.
Otherwise, no reform, and all illegal immigrants remain eligible for deportation at any time.
-Any illegal immigrant currently in the country and who can document that he or she has been here for X number of years (some arbitrary number we can all agree on) would be eligible for a work visa to work in the fields or similar work such as lawn care, hotel maids, etc. if and only if he or she does not have a serious, criminal record (i.e., rape, murder, robbery, fraud, identity theft, grand theft, etc.).
-These illegal immigrants would have to pay some fine to get into the work visa program. They would have to admit that they broke the law by illegally immigrating to America and working illegally in America. A plea of "no contest" would not be sufficient.
-While in the work visa program, these illegal immigrants would be ineligible for welfare of any kind except for maybe, at most, 1-3 months of unemployment per year if they get laid off (not eligible if they are fired for cause).
-These illegal immigrants should have to renew their work visa every year (paying the appropriate renewal fees and taxes) to ensure they are holding up their end of the bargain. They would have to keep a clean, criminal record (none of the serious crimes mentioned above) and keep a qualifying job for at least 90% of the time that they are in the work visa program.
-If these illegal immigrants can satisfy these requirements and stay in the work visa program for X number of years (i.e., 5-10 years), they can apply for (but are not entitled to or guaranteed) a green card. When they do so, they go to the back of the line of everyone else already in line from around the world trying to get a green card. There will be no guarantee that they will ever get a green card, but they will be protected from deportation while they wait and will continue to be allowed to stay in the work visa program unless and until they can graduate to a green card.
-At any time during their stay up until they actually get citizenship (again, not guaranteed), they are subject to deportation if they're found guilty of any serious crimes.
-While in the work visa program, they pay the appropriate social security taxes (as well as other taxes), but their right to social security does not vest unless and until they actually become citizens. If they are deported without becoming citizens, they lose out on social security, and that money goes towards paying citizens' social security.
Citizenship is a privilege, not a right. However, I'm not opposed to people coming in on a work visa to work in our fields if they are good, hard working people who keep a clean, criminal record. This is just a general, broad outline, and we can debate and tweak things here and there. But this is the general outline I'd support.
Otherwise, no reform, and all illegal immigrants remain eligible for deportation at any time.