Immigration Reform Advocates Ready to Try Again

I would like to see you prove what are you saying,

Be practical

imad of AL 5:02AM April 11, 2009

Alot of people ask immigrans Why don't you come here legally? well the reason is because you would only get a visa if you have bussiness, money, about 10-20 thousand in you bank acct+ other requirements. that is why people don't come legally.

alice of ME 2:43AM April 09, 2009

there are 20 million illegals that are most of them are on food stamps, wic, medicaid, welfare, free education for their illegal children, free school lunch, government housing. how is this going to help the economy. if we do legalize them they will bring in another 20 million all of whom will be qualifying for food stamps because they will drop a kid as soon as possible. wake up america we dont need this invasion. they need to be deported, why do you say that 75% of voters want legalization for the 20 million, that s such a lie!

jvilla of TX 1:02AM March 25, 2009

I think this reform is most shortsighted and does not include much needed laws.

First of all, legalising all illigals immigrants is a temporary solution, but more could be done to the greater benefice of the USA.

Illigal immigrants first of all are considered by many as people coming to the USA stealing jobs from american...I was working illigally in San-Francisco for almost a year, and I never saw hard working american people queuing desesperatly for a waiter's job or diswashing, or removing furnitures from high end appartment.

Those jobs are a necessity.

The type of reform we need is various visa, all leading to a path of cityzenship.

VISA 1: There should be a guess working visa, where applicant will come and work in this country with a 2 or 3 years visa, and then will have the ability to renew one more time, to leave,apply for a different visa or to apply for a green card.

There could be an other visa, and I think this one will help solve the economic recession.

VISA 2: it could be an entrepreneur Visa, where immigrant could be granted a 5 years stay on the basis of starting a business, paying taxes and eventually employ people.

That in itself will bring thousands of entrepreneurs who cannot easyly start a business in their home country but will be willing to start it in the USA, therefore creating a new wealth flow.

VISA 3: the same as Visa 1, could help renewing the manufacturing sector in the USA and mostly help compete with china or india.

On the basis that immigrant will be paid exempted of taxes and offered various advantage like free community housing near their place of work but with a salary below "minimum wage".

i'm currently workign in China now, and the workers in factories are coming form poor area of china, work in factory for a year or two, send their saving to their families, and after 2 or 3 years return home.

They are housed gratuitly in domitories or special housing, have free meal i the factory, and most of the monney they earn is sent back to their family.

the same idea could definitly be applied in the USA, where low wages would help manufacturing low cost products who will be bought US buyers.

That will create high value jobs, as for running a factory you need at least a quate of the work force to administrate the factory, such as accountant, administrator, sales and so on.

So by creating low end jobs to immigrants it will create therefore high end jobs.

immigrants will be granted after a defined periods a new visa or a path to higher level visa, where they could bring their families start business, pay taxes, take any kind of jobs they want and so on.

Seems like a tough approach, but it is exactly what is nowadays to the differences that manufacturers have to employ immigrants at the risk of seeing an immigration raids shutting down their factory.

This will definitly help regaining manufacturing abilities and create new wealth.

John of CA 1:33AM March 11, 2009