From the article: President Obama's Immigration Agenda
The U.S. immigration system is broken and everyone has an opinion on how best to fix it, especially those who have had to endure the problems within the system as a beneficiary or petitioner. If you had your way, what is the first thing that you would change about the immigration system? Share Your Ideas
New Rules For Immigrant Legislation
- The immigration system needs new rules and it should not only be based on the government but the people as well. I became a permanent resident of the U.S. and am very thankful that I got this far. My family came to this country 14 years ago in search for a better life. I will not lie, there are some illegals who take freedom for granted, but most just want to get ahead in life; but the system is just making it very hard for these people. If we could just give immigrants a fair chance to prove their intentions the government would be surprised at all the good contributions these people could do to help this country. Many just try to stay alive and out of the government's way while also helping out their families still in their original country, and the truth is that without most immigrants the U.S. would not be whole. We need these people who are willing to work for even the least amount of money to help our economy and this country for the better.
- —Guest Judith
Second chance
- Give people a second chance (the principle the USA was built on) instead of rejecting them for "moral turpitude" nonsense.
- —Guest anon
Change the immigration system
- I think that all immigrants that do NOT have a criminal record other than a traffic infraction should be able to be legalized. No matter what their age or handicap/disability.
- —Guest Lydia Gil
Amnesty after 10 years
- DHS is doing a good job securing the border. Congress should grant amnesty only to people who were here more than 10 years and can prove it. They should have no criminal records and 5 American citizens must sign a letter confirming they are good and their stay in the U.S. will not jeopardize anyone.
- —Guest mike
Desperate need for immigration reform
- As a nation of immigrants and strict laws, the USA should come up with a comprehensive reform that legalizes illegal aliens. I think a strict fee should be charged to all those who stayed in this country without paying taxes because it's not fair to Americans. But those unlawful residents who got involved in criminal activities such as drug dealing, prostitution and burglary should be detained and deported.
- —Guest angela
Fixing the Immigration Problem
- I think we need to abolish the anchor baby law and do a nationwide sweep. If you're a citizen, be proud to show you're American! I'm a Native American (Apache) and it saddens and maddens me to see the state of our country. Next, I would do away with printing in Spanish. This is America and we speak English here. That's my thoughts on the U.S. Immigration System.
- —sahammond
Stay if you have contributed to society
- I think if you have behaved yourself and worked or gone to school and paid for it, there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to stay. The only thing these raids are doing is ripping families apart. Meanwhile, murder and rape offenders are running around because the sheriff wants to be on TV.
- —Guest LEO
They should leagalize
- I think they should just make money off of them by charging them for temporary visas for staying in United States charge them by each year renewal fees and then make them pay taxes or just charge them like 25k too make them a permanent resident of the US. And make money off of them too bring the economy back.
- —Guest Joseph Kay
Deport the criminals
- We should not kick out the illegal immigrants that are here to get a job, education, and pay their taxes. They just want peace and a better life. But we should kick out the ones with major crimes like gang banging and drug dealing.
- —Guest flower
Legal VS Illegal
- The immigration system in this country is broken from top to bottom. We allocate 140,000 skilled worker visas every year but part of that allocation goes to countries that do not use their quota. These visas simply go unused. We currently have an 8 year waiting list for nurses to enter the country. An occupation that is in critical shortage in the US. Also physical therapists. Simply put, we do a better job of stopping legal professionals from entering the country than illegals. Ronald Reagan gave amnesty to illegals and it just opened the flood gates for more illegals to enter the country.
- —Guest Bob
Have a Dream?
- The government should give permanent residence to those who have paid taxes for many years or those who are good and smart students. These are the type of people that the nation needs. Illegals are an asset to this country if turned legal. They will pay taxes and help improve life. They are not scum!
- —Guest Sunny Patel
Working Taxpayers First
- I think the people who work & pay taxes should get their green card before others. Thanks.
- —Guest Peter
Illegal aliens' unlawful entry in the US
- What do you do not understand about the word "illegal"? Why should lawbreakers be awarded for their unlawful entry while millions of other lawful immigrants wait their turn for US citizenship? Why should their illegal children born in this country be rewarded with US citizenship? American children born to Americans in Mexico, China, France are not given automatic citizenship! America, it is time to wake up. Here in California we are already the northern province of Mexico!
- —Guest mark
Speed up process
- 1. Call all illegal immigrants out of hiding and process them. Grant status to the good ones and deport the undesirable ones, I mean criminals. 2. Charge a fee to the ones that are granted status as well as back taxes if any. 3. Do not attach unreasonable/unnecessary conditions like requiring one to return to her/his country of origin to complete the application process. 4. For asylum applicants, allow automatic stay as long as the asylum case is not finalized. 5. Grant immediate status to married couples. Please do not separate them so a husband lives in one country and the wife lives in another. 6. Put a time limit an immigration application can take to be processed so that if that time is passed without fault from the applicant, the application is automatically granted.
- —Guest Edward
The system is unconstitutional
- At one point, I tried to obtain a visa for my fiancée. We went to the U.S. Consulate together. There we encountered a bureaucrat who seemed bent on filling some kind of rejection quota. First, it was not a fair hearing; by her own admission an anonymous group of bureaucrats at the consulate had already decided that I did not have a bona-fide relationship with my fiancée before the hearing. Second, I have the right to "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." To me, these came in the form of my foreign fiancée. Because of this latter fact, the government can decide who is right for me to marry? However, the biggest part of this process being unconstitutional is how a bureaucrat can make a "soft" suggestion about me or my fiancée violating the law, i.e., rejecting the application because it is not bona-fide and I do not get to "face my accuser" because the process is described as administrative. I don't get to see what evidence or words were used against me and my fiancée.
- —wholesoul
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