I’m sorry Mr Asinclair, but your idea is STUPID. What it says is that if you can hide out in the country for 5 years you can be a citizen.
I feel for people who for no fault of their own BROKE THE LAW. The answer is not to forgive the breaking of the law but to make restitution. When you forgive LAW BREAKING you only encourage more of it. Perhaps having a green card would be one way to make that restitution after paying a substantial fine. Then if you have a job, if you have paid your taxes during the time you had a green card, if you didn’t commit any crimes, if you learned to speak English, if you can pass a citizenship test then perhaps you would be eligible to apply for citizenship after having your green card for 5 years.
Amnesty is NOT the answer, we tried that now we have millions of illegals here.
What it says is that if you can hide out in the country for 5 years you can be a citizen.””
This is another version of ‘squatter’s rights’. IF a squatter can get inside a home they DO NOT OWN & stay there long enough, it can take months & sometimes years before the true owner can get the squatter removed. Some home owners in So Cal, who were hit by the recession had their homes for sale, only to find out squatters had taken over the homes. They damaged one home with over $250,000 or repairs, and it took months for the squatter to be removed. I don’t think they even faced repayment for the damages.