Streamline and improve mechanisms for legal immigration. Provide mechanism for immigrants to legally work and live in the USA, but end birthright citizenship. The process should provide a pathway for people and families to become citizens and should be linked to work. Refugees and other humanitarian services can be provided only at specific “bases” where English is taught and skills are taught to integrate into communities. Only full US citizens can sponsor individuals or families to bypass this process and sponsored families will not get federal aid.
Most of what you are saying is how the process has worked for years. It still does, but only for law abiding, educated working people.
I fully agree that there should be no birthright citizenship for people who are here illegally or on a migrant worker status. It should be repealed for all children of illegals when they are deported for entering illegally. The US needs to drastically limit the number of refugees and humanitarian services. If people want to contribute their money individually and fund a government effort at a specific “base”, then that is acceptable but taking money from Americans to provide for others is unacceptable. Our government isn’t a charity and should be very careful about giving anything to private citizens of other countries…so many Americans pay hundreds of thousands in taxes and get nothing for it.
You make a really great point about integration. Integration is one of the most important parts of successful communities. People always point to the successful, happy northern European countries without understanding those countries are very integrated.
I think we need to amend, as well, the loophole for anyone born in the USA by non citizens. The 14th Amendment allows illegal citizens to have children in our country, mostly on our dime, and they receive automatic citizenship and all the benefits. It also allows their parents to stay in our country as non-citizens. This amendment was clearly made before we had a populated country where there were very low numbers coming from all ports and borders. They also didn’t allow everyone. This amendment should grant citizenship to children born of LEGAL US CITIZENS only.
Agree with most except:
Unable to work for the state or government until citizenship status is achieved.
Because why not give them the work permit and have them start adding to our federal income? And state taxes, if they live in a state that does it.
It be crazy not to have them contribute, as that is also a part of our country as Americans l, we all have to give.
Also, I do not think english should be a requirement since its America and the beautiful thing about here its a melting pot. Sure some english necessary but should not be require, as long as they learn the laws and can follow the laws, that’s what counts. Not everyone can afford the time to go to classes, they can study and learn as they move forward. My father learned by listening to music and having to work in restaurants. So its possible to learn with out having to take classes. Dont force something on someone, when many american dont even educated their own kids on the constitution and proper english.
I was going to put the part about ending birthright citizenship. I believe that is one of the biggest DRAWS for people to come here. I’ve seen videos of pregnant women coming here just so their babies can be born “citizens”. Also, a lot of Chinese women used to come to hospitals here to have their babies so they could be citizens. That makes it possible for whole families to stay. It’s not right. It was never intended to be that way.
There is an abuse with a loophole these days when illegal immigrants cross the U.S./Mexico border and immediately claim asylum though their lives were not threatened from the countries they hailed from. This loophole needs to be closed as it no longer being used for what it was intended to assist with. All those who claimed asylum in the past 4 years and maybe even more must have their files reviewed. Should there be any red flags, they must return to their country and reapply to legally reenter the U.S.A.
We need a “clean up on aisle 5” before we can move forward with the reforms you proposed. But they are great reforms.
Every single promise Lyndon B. Johnson made before passing the Hart Cellar Act has been violated. It wasn’t supposed to drastically change the demographics of the country or put an unfair tax burden on citizens. Lies, lies, lies. We had the largest mass migration in recorded history in less than one human lifetime and not one single politician is addressing it. America is exceptional in all measures, but that is enough to collapse any civilization—let alone our housing market, institutions etc. It’s madness.
We need a complete moratorium on immigration until we sort this disaster out. Maybe even repatriation efforts since from what I can gather, a lot of people came over here for free handouts and wound up stuck on welfare or in intergenerational debt. This is truly a misery for all of us.
I agree with OP RE gov’t work. There may be sensitive information disclosed to gov’t employees. Therefore, employees of gov’t should absolutely be required to be a citizen.
I also agree with OP RE language, but understand what you’re saying with the heaviness of learning the language. At the end of the day, English is the language primarily spoke in US and is the only language required to be known by law enforcement. Therefore, if someone immigrates to US, law enforcement officers need to be able to communicate with the, to effectively ENFORCE the law. For this requirement, I think a basic language assessment would be appropriate. They have to know the basics.
Agree, I think it will be good for the economy to start with ID process charge a fee for every step towards/legalization I know people that have been here for decades and will pay the price to become legalized. This itself will create jobs for it takes people to take care of documentation/processing.
Fix the current immigration procedures/ is unfair for certain categories
One example is : immigrants that came recently under asylum are already carrying employment Id’s and social security cards, while other hard working people immigrants that have been here for decades ARE STILL WAITING
Agree with all you’ve said so far. I disagree with using the military to enforce deportation. The military is the shortest staffed it’s ever been - the National Guard will end up having to help- which is basically the State’s military. This will pit brother against brother and other family members in order for them to do something they did not sign up to do. They could offer these positions to people getting out of the military - they would already have some training and be looking for stateside duties without international deployments. My suggestion is to hire 200 more ICE agents, or 200 more Federal Marshall’s who are trained to track people down and remove them as they signed up for that role and can be moved around the United States as needed, and it is their sole job, with a quota each month to meet. If the border gets secure enough these agents can be moved into the other areas that are over-run with illegal immigrants. They should be posted near courthouses so that when illegals commit crimes they can get deported immediately. There should be a hot line so that if citizens know there are illegals in an area, they can report them. Absolutely no government benefits such as healthcare, housing or food stamps for people who are not citizens- tax payer dollars paid for those benefits, and they should only be for other taxpayers. They must put in to get out. That’s the only way the system is going to be able to be sustainable.
Close borders, then strip funding for all non-citizens. Sieze any company that employs non-citizens. Give non-citizens 30 days to leave. Remove anchor baby statutes.
If you are caught at the border with fentanyl, you are getting the death penalty. We value American lives more than the lives of drug smugglers.
If you are caught at the border with children who are not your own, you are getting the death penalty. We value children’s safety and innocence more than the lives of human traffickers.
