Immigration Reform Solution

[onpatrol98]

1) Deport all illegal immigrants who have criminal records.
2) Arrest and convict illegal employers for causing this problem in the first place.
3) Clean up the ugly bureaucracy that is the current immigration system so that people currently in the paperwork pipeline can become citizens more quickly. A regular process should NOT take 10 years, 5 years. This process shouldn't take more than 2 years. Anything else is cruel and unusual.
4) Setup a point system that rewards people who obey our laws when it does come to immigration.

a) deduct points if you're currently in the country illegally, however add points if you return to your own country at your own expense AND remain their for a set period of time.

b) remove all hope for citizenship, benefits, etc. for people who are currently living in the country AND who refuse to self-deport.

c) add points if you can prove that you have spent the last 5 - 20 years in your own country UNLESS you're on a work visa.

d) for adults who immigrate legally, automatically include children and willing spouses (as long as no criminal background is evident).

e) for children who have grown up (establish a cutoff time period) in America, but who were brought here by their parents, they lose no points on a legal application...AND they gain points if their parents choose to return and take them with them...which is simply what many parents chose to do anyway.

Perhaps Mexico should consider adding (SSL) classes for their affected schools. For parents who chose to leave their children with relatives in America, the children still lose no points toward their application process. They simply also do not gain any points. They can remain in the country and continue with the application process. Citizenship is granted, but not as quickly as if they had returned to their homeland with their parents. These children are provided student visas and do not have to fear being deported against their wishes.

Obviously, we couldn't treat a 15 year who migrated last year like one who migrated to America 10 years ago with parents.

Stop using immigration as a way to get cheap labor and votes. Fix the trade laws that have crippled our nations. Legalize and tax the drugs that are currently illegal.