[SunStar]

In other words, I will create a wealth transfer system similar to the loan sharks and shysters who stole billions of dollars from Jews being "deported to work camps".

C'mon...

Those illegal aliens who are already here, who want their blue card, will just work until they can pay the fee, and then pay the fee.

[JerseyHighlander]

Is the fee to be:
1. Punitive in nature
2. Set at a level to sustain the new bureaucracy
3. Subsidized by federal state local and/or private charities
4. Set at some $ amount, then not increased to account for inflation for a decade or longer

Those illegal aliens who are already here, who want their blue card, will just work until they can pay the fee, and then pay the fee.

Do you have any idea how crazy the rush was for the now internet-only application for green cards this year? How many blue cards should be given, enough for 1 in 10 illegals, 1 in 50, 1 in 250, 1 in 1000, 1 in 2500? How about the help wanted advertisements... Creating false jobs for immigrant centers to promise illegals...

If punitive, why will anyone but the financially best off apply, especially since employers will have to pay workers comp/ SS/ payroll taxes for those with bluecards, while undocumented illegals will still be plentiful. Stratisfying the exploited working class is a disgusting "solution" to the problem, considering that the inflow of illegals will naturally increase barring a market correction/dollar devaluation during the initial 3 year program.