There is so much I'd fix about US imigration policy.
First of all, I agree with you. Illegal is illegal. I get annoyed with some of the amnesty stuff. Ugh. If you're not supposed to be here, get out. Although I do rather agree with the whole Arizona law tending towards racial profiling.
What I would like to see is...
1) More crackdowns on employers who hire without sufficient documentation. If illegal imigrants can't find work, then they will go away. Make the employers pay a big fine. It will be amazing how quickly they'll change their ways. 2) No government services, other than emergency ones, for people without documentation. 3) Stop letting random family members in because some second cousin is in this country. Just because we want you does not mean we want everyone you've met. If you don't want to leave them, maybe you're not meant to immigrate...
That said, I'd like to see it become *easier* to imigrate, as I believe that most immigrants are hard working risk takers who add a lot more to society than they take from it. I'd LOVE a point system, where people are let in based on desirable characteristics (i.e. educational background, age, languages, whatever...). I'd also love to see more work visas issued and to have laws in place so that people are legally working here aren't SOL if they're laid off or can't stand their boss and quit. (I knew some legal immigrants here working on visa who were terrified to quit a job they hated as they knew they'd have to immediately go home again.)
I guess that my only real irritation with immigration is how a lot of it is illegal, which strikes me as very unfair to those who did go through due process...and that after one person is legalized, we're stuck taking on the whole extended family, even if they're a major drag. (i.e. the grandparents on social security or what not)
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Date: 2010-04-28 01:20 am (UTC)First of all, I agree with you. Illegal is illegal. I get annoyed with some of the amnesty stuff. Ugh. If you're not supposed to be here, get out. Although I do rather agree with the whole Arizona law tending towards racial profiling.
What I would like to see is...
1) More crackdowns on employers who hire without sufficient documentation. If illegal imigrants can't find work, then they will go away. Make the employers pay a big fine. It will be amazing how quickly they'll change their ways.
2) No government services, other than emergency ones, for people without documentation.
3) Stop letting random family members in because some second cousin is in this country. Just because we want you does not mean we want everyone you've met. If you don't want to leave them, maybe you're not meant to immigrate...
That said, I'd like to see it become *easier* to imigrate, as I believe that most immigrants are hard working risk takers who add a lot more to society than they take from it. I'd LOVE a point system, where people are let in based on desirable characteristics (i.e. educational background, age, languages, whatever...). I'd also love to see more work visas issued and to have laws in place so that people are legally working here aren't SOL if they're laid off or can't stand their boss and quit. (I knew some legal immigrants here working on visa who were terrified to quit a job they hated as they knew they'd have to immediately go home again.)
I guess that my only real irritation with immigration is how a lot of it is illegal, which strikes me as very unfair to those who did go through due process...and that after one person is legalized, we're stuck taking on the whole extended family, even if they're a major drag. (i.e. the grandparents on social security or what not)