Trump's Wall Should Be a Bargaining Chip on Immigration

Townhall.com ^ | January 24, 2018 | Jonah Goldberg

[vette6387]

What part is not true? Please enlighten me.

When you get a TOURIST VISA, one that is time limited, there isn’t usually all the investigative work done prior to giving the visa. If the foreigner has a current passport from their native country, that is usually sufficient. Living in CA as I do, I have first-hand knowledge of this because a few years ago, a relative of mine had a hauling business and on occasion, he hired a couple of Guatemalan day laborers. They told him that they had come to the US on TOURIST VISAS, but had overstayed them to stay here an work. And that is where almost half of our illegal alien population comes to be here. Only the real bottom of the barrel people walk or swim into the country. Only people who don’t have a passport and don’t have the price of an airline ticket.
Now, if you are coming here to work, (like an H1B visa), the process is more complicated and more information is requested. Usually these visas come by way of a company hiring foreign nationals ( I used to work in the Silicon Valley so I am familiar with this process, having hired a few myself). In a couple of instances we actually had to hire an immigration lawyer, and at the time the big hangup wasn’t the State Department, it was the Department of Labor. Personally, I doubt that WORK VISAS are the problem, because they involve professional people, who are not criminals, who make a lot of money, so they are not here to become wards of the state.

[Tammy8]

Applying for a Visitor Visa
Applicants for visitor visas should
generally apply at the nearest U.S.
Embassy or Consulate in the country
where they live. It is important to apply
for a visa well in advance of the travel
departure date.
Completing Form
DS-160, Online
Nonimmigrant Visa Application,
(ceac.state.gov/genniv/), is the first step in the visa application process. After you have submitted Form DS-160, print the confirmation page and
bring it to your interview. Next, pay the
non-refundable visa application fee, if
you are required to pay it before your
interview. Then, make an appointment
for an interview at the U.S. Embassy or
Consulate where you pay to apply for
your visa.

You should have the following documents available while you complete your DS-160:

Passport
Travel itinerary, if you have already made travel arrangements.
Dates of your last five visits or trips to the United States, if you have previously travelled to the United States. You may also be asked for your international travel history for the past five years.
Résumé or Curriculum Vitae - You may be required to provide information about your current and previous education and work history.
Other Information - Some applicants, depending on the intended purpose of travel, will be asked to provide additional information when completing the DS-160.

Not to mention biometrics requirements:

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/biometrics

There are waivers, but the requirements for that are very similar and usually only benefit frequent travelers or travelers from certain countries.

Even the least requirements will answer the question of who you are, where you are coming from, and what your purpose (stated purpose) of coming here.

There is a criminal background check done in the US and the country you are coming from whether people know that or not it is done.

Remember we know NOTHING WHATSOEVER about those that cross the desert at the border. NOTHING.

[vette6387]

Here is another problem, The Visa Waiver Program! We allow citizens of these 38 countries to come here for up to 90 contiguous days without a visa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visa_Waiver_Program

Notice though Mexico AND Canada, and most if not all of Central American countries are not on the list.

[Tammy8]

They still have to meet the requirements, they don’t just automatically hand out waivers to everyone from those countries. I know at the port near me when people enter from Mexico they have to show their documents at the border, and do the biometrics, and criminal check here and in Mexico or their country of citizenship is done. The exceptions are if they have a border crossing card, student visa, work permit, similar or they will have to prove their ties to their country- proof of home, job, business, things like that in order to cross. The major difference with the waiver is they don’t have to go to the embassy for an interview, or apply far ahead. Many are turned back for not having what they need or for other reasons.

Again we know NOTHING about those that cross the desert. Border Patrol here detains murderers, rapists,molesters, MS 13, people who were deported already, people from nearly every country in the world, including those that sponser terrorism- and much, much more. We really have to secure the border to secure our country.