I94, Arrival-Departure Record No More! (Giant amnesty move)

[MNDude]

If you've ever visited a foreign county, you know you at required to fill out and carry around a form stating how long you intend to stay and where. In USA, this form is called I94, Arrival-Departure Record. My mother in law just arrived from Mexico to visit for a few weeks, and we were concerned she lost her form. After inquiring, I just learned that as of a month ago, our country no longer requires this for international visitors.

In other words, we are saying that if you visit USA, you can stay as long as you please, and you'll never be asked when you are supposed to leave!

[butterdezillion]

So as long as they don’t try leaving the country they can overstay as long as they want. The only time we’ll ever catch them is when they’re already trying to leave anyway.

Or if they arrest you after you commit a terrorist attack...

Exactly how does this regime propose to “crack down on” students overstaying their visas, if the only time anybody can check their visas (and how long they are authorized to stay) is when they’re already trying to leave?

[butterdezillion]

Ah so the people that Obama has fast-tracked into the country because they know they are “safe” - people from places like Mexico which is sending in gun cartels and the Islamist terrorists they are allied with, or places like Saudi Arabia, where Osama’s son Hamza came from - as Michelle Obama knew when she went to high-five him in the hospital after he was caught at the Boston marathon finish line.

Those are the people Janet Napolitano wants to make sure can waltz into our country any time and stay as long as they want without ever being checked. Those are the people they want to make sure get welfare benefits so they have plenty of time to plan their terrorist attacks - rather than the US government using the tax dollars to feed, train, and arm our own troops.

(spit)

[kabar]

So as long as they don’t try leaving the country they can overstay as long as they want. The only time we’ll ever catch them is when they’re already trying to leave anyway.

True enough, but at least we should know who overstayed their visa. If we ever do crack down on them, then there will be a database with their names and personal information including a photo. The problem is that we aren't tracking and deporting visa overstays who account for about 40% of the illegal aliens in the country. Thus, having a secure border only solves part of the problem. We have 50 million legal visitors a year.

Of course if we have an amnesty, all of the visa overstays will immediately become legal including being issued a work permit. Thank you Marco Rubio.

[Ackackadack]

Don’t remember having to do that at all. Maybe it’s recent? Last time I was in Mexico was visiting Juarez and Nogales, both in the summer of ‘02. Don’t know what I94 is either. Although I do remember having to fill out a card on the plane on the way to Toronto in maybe ‘06 I think.