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In this 'day & age' all immigrants should have backround checks.

I have friends (U.S. Citizens) who are married to foreign nationals. As part of the application process for an immigrant visa, they are required to produce a clean police record and show financial means or skills for self-support or have a guarantee from their spouse of such support. This are the very basic of a number of logical requirements.

Illegal immigrants, of course, do none of this-- they simply wade a river, climb a fence or pay a coyote. Even during the 1870-1910 era of massive legal immigration, many were turned away at Ellis Island for any number of reasons-- TB, insanity and other health-related ailments being the most common.

I have friends (U.S. Citizens) who are married to foreign nationals. As part of the application process for an immigrant visa, they are required to produce a clean police record and show financial means or skills for self-support or have a guarantee from their spouse of such support. This are the very basic of a number of logical requirements.

Sorry but the financial support provisions are ignored and are simply not enforced. You can bring your elderly parents here from China. They can and do get on SSI, Medicare, housing, food stamps and other social welfare goodies. Despite any pledges you make they will not become a public charge.

SSI is monthly payment that's equal to/greater what many retired get from Social Security. Many elderly foreigners come here to "retire". Have never kicked in one dime to Social Security.

I have friends (U.S. Citizens) who are married to foreign nationals. As part of the application process for an immigrant visa, they are required to produce a clean police record and show financial means or skills for self-support or have a guarantee from their spouse of such support. >>>>>>

Yes, we had a poster tell us the 'background checks & records search' that were performed on his mother when she recently immigrated.........& he said she's NINTY yrs. old.

In this 'day & age' all immigrants should have backround checks.

I have friends (U.S. Citizens) who are married to foreign nationals. As part of the application process for an immigrant visa, they are required to produce a clean police record and show financial means or skills for self-support or have a guarantee from their spouse of such support. This are the very basic of a number of logical requirements.

Illegal immigrants, of course, do none of this-- they simply wade a river, climb a fence or pay a coyote. Even during the 1870-1910 era of massive legal immigration, many were turned away at Ellis Island for any number of reasons-- TB, insanity and other health-related ailments being the most common.

And I'm very suspicious about criminal background checks from places like Mexico. Heck, I wouldn't trust LEGAL Mexican immigrants to be who they claim to be. Between the matricula consular and Fox's open collusion with illegals, I wouldn't put it past an applicant to be using a false name, AND to be getting help from Mexican government officials, who don't want any of their invaders to be rejected by our officials.