Vandalshandle
Gold Member
So the republicans want to spend X billion dollars on border security, virtually all of which can be defeated with a shovel or a ladder....in spit of the fact that 50% of illegal immigrants came into the country legally, and simply overstayed their visa's:
"Illegal entry[edit]
Main article: Illegal entry#United States
The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that 6–7 million illegal immigrants came to the United States via illegal entry, accounting for probably a little over half of the total population.[21] There are an estimated half million illegal entries into the United States each year.[21][23]
A common means of border crossing is to hire professionals who smuggle illegal immigrants across the border for pay. Those operating on the US-Mexico border are known informally as "coyotes".[23]
Visa overstay[edit]
According to Pew, between 4 and 5.5 million illegal immigrants entered the United States with a legal visa, accounting for between 33–50% of the total population.[21] A tourist or traveler is considered a "visa overstay" once he or she remains in the United States after the time of admission has expired. The time of admission varies greatly from traveler to traveler depending on what visa class into which they were admitted. Visa overstays tend to be somewhat more educated and better off financially than those who entered the country illegally.[24]
To help track visa overstayers the US-VISIT (United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) program collects and retains biographic, travel, and biometric information, such as photographs and fingerprints, of foreign nationals seeking entry into the United States. It also requires electronic readable passports containing this information.
Visa overstayers mostly enter with tourist or business visas.[21] In 1994, more than half[25] of illegal immigrants were Visa overstayers whereas in 2006, about 45% of illegal immigrants were Visa overstayers.[26]
Those who leave the United States after overstaying their visa for more than 180 days but less than one year and then attempt to re-enter on a new visa will face a three year penalty which will not allow them to re-enter the U.S. for that period.
Border Crossing Card violation[edit]
A smaller number of illegal immigrants entered the United States legally using the Border Crossing Card, a card that authorizes border crossings into the U.S. for a set amount of time. Border Crossing Card entry accounts for the vast majority of all registered non-immigrant entry into the United States – 148 million out of 179 million total – but there is little hard data as to how much of the illegal immigrant population entered in this way. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates the number at around 250,000–500,000.[21]"
WIKI
Given this fact, we can safely assume that, should the fence be built, about 40% that presently cross illegally will simply start getting visa's and overstaying them as well. Meantime, the country is spending billions of dollars every year chasing deer and coyotes which wander into the electronic motion detectors, and replacing camera lesns that are shot out by 22 rifles. At this point, we can expect the Republicans to figure out a way to blame the problems of illegals overstaying their visa's on democrats. However, down here in the border area, our economy is booming at taxpayer expense, because we have built a white elephant that requires constant feeding and maintenance.
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"Illegal entry[edit]
Main article: Illegal entry#United States
The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that 6–7 million illegal immigrants came to the United States via illegal entry, accounting for probably a little over half of the total population.[21] There are an estimated half million illegal entries into the United States each year.[21][23]
A common means of border crossing is to hire professionals who smuggle illegal immigrants across the border for pay. Those operating on the US-Mexico border are known informally as "coyotes".[23]
Visa overstay[edit]
According to Pew, between 4 and 5.5 million illegal immigrants entered the United States with a legal visa, accounting for between 33–50% of the total population.[21] A tourist or traveler is considered a "visa overstay" once he or she remains in the United States after the time of admission has expired. The time of admission varies greatly from traveler to traveler depending on what visa class into which they were admitted. Visa overstays tend to be somewhat more educated and better off financially than those who entered the country illegally.[24]
To help track visa overstayers the US-VISIT (United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology) program collects and retains biographic, travel, and biometric information, such as photographs and fingerprints, of foreign nationals seeking entry into the United States. It also requires electronic readable passports containing this information.
Visa overstayers mostly enter with tourist or business visas.[21] In 1994, more than half[25] of illegal immigrants were Visa overstayers whereas in 2006, about 45% of illegal immigrants were Visa overstayers.[26]
Those who leave the United States after overstaying their visa for more than 180 days but less than one year and then attempt to re-enter on a new visa will face a three year penalty which will not allow them to re-enter the U.S. for that period.
Border Crossing Card violation[edit]
A smaller number of illegal immigrants entered the United States legally using the Border Crossing Card, a card that authorizes border crossings into the U.S. for a set amount of time. Border Crossing Card entry accounts for the vast majority of all registered non-immigrant entry into the United States – 148 million out of 179 million total – but there is little hard data as to how much of the illegal immigrant population entered in this way. The Pew Hispanic Center estimates the number at around 250,000–500,000.[21]"
WIKI
Given this fact, we can safely assume that, should the fence be built, about 40% that presently cross illegally will simply start getting visa's and overstaying them as well. Meantime, the country is spending billions of dollars every year chasing deer and coyotes which wander into the electronic motion detectors, and replacing camera lesns that are shot out by 22 rifles. At this point, we can expect the Republicans to figure out a way to blame the problems of illegals overstaying their visa's on democrats. However, down here in the border area, our economy is booming at taxpayer expense, because we have built a white elephant that requires constant feeding and maintenance.
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