Our immigration system does work

[LilOlLady]

OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM DOES WORK

Because the majority of the 20 illegal aliens that have entered the country entered legally under visitor visas but they forgot to go home and we forgot to send them home and they had nothing to offer the country economically. If we had not allow the 20 million to enter illegally or legally and stay we could allow 20 million in on work visas with skills we need to grow the economy. The fact that the majority of the 20 million entered legally proves that our immigration system do work and is not broken. Solution. Send the 11.9 million that are here illegally home and let 11.9 million in on work visa that speak, read and write English and have skills we need to grow the economy. Only when we don’t have enough Americans to fill those positions. We have more than enough Americans to fill those unskilled jobs taken now by illegal aliens. Keep track of those that come on visitor visa and make sure they leave.

I have heard absolutely nothing on how Comp. Immig. Reform Amnesty will fix the illegal immigration problems that our government caused.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - it's workin' fer dem Chinamens...

DHS: Legal Immigrants from Asia Outnumbered Latin Americans in FY2012
April 2, 2013 - Legal immigrants to the United States from Asia outnumbered legal immigrants from any other region of the world in fiscal 2012, according to new data from the Department of Homeland Security.

That makes 2012 the second year in a row when Asia has been the number one source of legal immigrants to the Untied States, with Asian immigrants outnumbering immigrants from Europe, from Africa, and from the entire continents of North and South America combined. 429,599 people from Asian nations were granted permanent legal resident status in the United States in fiscal 2012, according to DHS. By contrast, a combined 407,172 people from nations in North America (327,771) and South America (79,401) were granted permanent legal resident status. 107,241 new legal permanent residents in fiscal 2012 came from African nations, 81,671 from European nations, and 4,742 from Oceania.

In fiscal 2011, 451,593 people from Asian nations were granted permanent legal resident status in the United States, compared to a combined 419,998 people from North America (333,902) and South America (86,096). In fiscal 2011, 100,374 Africans, 83,850 Europeans, and 4,980 people from Oceania were given permanent legal resident status. In fiscal 2010, legal immigration from the Americas was slightly greater than legal immigration from Asia. In that year, a combined 423,721 people from North America (336,553) and South America (87,178) were given permanent legal resident status in the United States, while 422,063 from Asia were given permanent legal resident status.

In years prior to 2010, legal immigration from other American nations outpaced legal immigration from Asia be larger margins. In 2009, for example, 478,040 people from North America (375,180) and South America (102,860) were granted legal permanent resident status, while 413,312 from Asia were granted that status. In 2008, 491,745 people from North America (393,196) and South America (98,549) were given permanent legal resident status, while 399,027 from Asia were given that status. Although more Asians than North Americans received permanent legal resident status in the United States in fiscal 2012, Mexico with 146,406 people winning permanent legal resident status was the single nation sending the largest number of legal immigrants to the United States during the fiscal year. China was second with 81,784, India was third with 66,434, and the Philippines were fourth with 57,327.

Overall, legal immigration has declined slightly during the Obama presidency. In fiscal 2009, which started in October 2008, the United States granted 1,130,818 people permanent legal resident status, according to DHS. In fiscal 2010, it was 1,042,625; in fiscal 2011, it was 1,062,040; and in fiscal 2012, it was 1,031,631. The majority of legal immigrants to the United States in fiscal 2012 were relatives of people already here, according to DHS. “Nearly 66 percent of the new LPRs were granted permanent resident status based on a family relationship with a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident of the United States,” said a DHS report on the fiscal 2012 immigration data. “U.S. law gives priority for LPR status to foreign nationals who have a close family relationship with a U.S. citizen or LPR, needed for job skills, refugee or asylee status, or who come from countries with relatively low levels of immigration to the United States,” said the report.

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WH: Immigration Reform 'Will Be Good for the Middle Class'
April 2, 2013 - President Obama is encouraged by reports that a bipartisan immigration reform bill is taking shape in the Senate, White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters on Monday.

"It is something that is necessary because it will be good for our economy, it will be good for our businesses, it will be good for the middle class," Carney said. "And the president is focused on working with Congress to get this very important piece of business done on behalf of the American people and the American economy. That's his priority." President Obama is waiting for the Senate to produce an immigration reform bill, "because that allows the best opportunity for legislation to become law, legislation that fits the principles the president's put forward," Carney added.

President Obama "has made clear that he is encouraged by the progress that's being made in the Senate and wants to see it continue and to produce a result." Four Republican and four Democratic senators are writing a bill that addresses border security and eventual citizenship for the 11 million people who have come to this country illegally.

On Sunday, one of the Democrats, Sen. Chuck Schumer, told NBC's "Meet the Press" that part of the bill has been drafted already, and the rest will be done this week. "I am very, very optimistic that we will have an agreement among the eight of us next week," Schumer said. He also said the eight lawmakers have agreed "that we're not going to come to a final agreement until we see draft legislative language and we agree on that."

Republican Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.), said it's "premature" to say that the gang of eight has agreed on a legislative proposal. “We have made substantial progress, and I believe we will be able to agree on a legislative proposal that modernizes our legal immigration system, improves border security and enforcement and allows those here illegally to earn the chance to one day apply for permanent residency contingent upon certain triggers being met. However, that legislation will only be a starting point," Rubio said in a statement on Sunday.

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