I think tourist VISAs to USA are too difficult to get. I think they should be easier to obtain. But before that happens we need to enforce the laws already in the books, be assured that everybody can be tracked so that we know they do not overstay their VISA and if they do we need to do what Mexico does, throw them in jail before deportation and never allow them to get another VISA.
I also support increased guest worker VISAs when the national unemployment rate falls below 3% but the wages need to match that which would be received by an American citizen in the same position/company (so that company does not try to reject American workers in order to pay the foreign worker less money.
US VISAs are very difficult to get even now under Obama. It’s much easier to sneak over the border.
What do we do with those already here? Fine companies caught employing illegal immigrants and immediately jail then deport any illegal caught in this country without the chance of ever getting another VISA to come back.
If there is any type of amnesty I would support it would be a bit similar to what I heard Trump describe and that is, someone outstanding who has proven himself to be a good “resident” who has never collected government welfare and had paid income taxes on earnings made while here illegally. And the amnesty would be to leave now, apply for a work VISA (but not expedited as Trump described). Get in the back of the line behind those in your home country who decided to apply for a VISA the right way, the legal way.
This is all too simple. Enforce the laws, fine employers to encourage self deportation, deport any others caught staying here illegally and anybody caught committing fraud such as using fake IDs or SSN will go to prison for as long as an American citizen would go for such a fraud. It’s very simple. The most difficult part of it all would be the process of tracking.
The laws are in the books. Enforce them.
We admit 50 million visitors a year, most of them on tourist visas. And there is the Visa Wavier Program, a reciprocal arrangement with 38 countries that allow their nationals to come here without visas and allows us to do the same when visiting them.
Some believe it is a matter of national security that we do a better job of screening visitors. We have different approaches to individual countries based on data showing what countries have high visa overstay rates. There are criteria used to ferret out nationals of these countries who do not intend to leave once their visas expire. These countries have high visa refusal rates. So, I don't agree that we should make tourist visas easy to get. It depends on the country and our documented experience with their nationals.
I also support increased guest worker VISAs when the national unemployment rate falls below 3% but the wages need to match that which would be received by an American citizen in the same position/company (so that company does not try to reject American workers in order to pay the foreign worker less money.
I assume you mean guest or temporary worker visas. Actually, sponsoring employers are supposed to show that they cannot get Americans to fill those positions and the law requires they be paid the prevailing wage. Its implementation is much different than what the law requires. Employers are circumventing it using lies and fraud. There is tremendous abuse.
US VISAs are very difficult to get even now under Obama. It’s much easier to sneak over the border.
Again, it depends on the country. If you are from Bangladesh, for example, it is very difficult to get a tourist visa. If you are from Germany, you don't need a visa.
If there is any type of amnesty I would support it would be a bit similar to what I heard Trump describe and that is, someone outstanding who has proven himself to be a good “resident” who has never collected government welfare and had paid income taxes on earnings made while here illegally.
It is illegal for an employer to hire an illegal alien and it is illegal for an illegal alien to work. Many of these "outstanding" lawbreakers have broken many laws including ID theft, misuse of SSNs, lying on employment forms, tax evasion, etc. Many collect welfare thru their US born children.
The most difficult part of it all would be the process of tracking. The laws are in the books. Enforce them.
It is not difficult to track people if we have the will to do and the cooperation of the public. We have sanctuary cities and colleges that fail to notify ICE when a foreign student drops out of school. My daughter studied in Germany. Once a month she had to go to the local government office to check in and confirm her status. Failure to do so meant removal from the country and never being allowed to enter legally again.