[AuntB]

Senator Jeff Sessions (R) has come up with a standard for entry as an immigrant that deserves some consideration. At least they are starting to actually address the problem.

Sessions proposed a merit-based program ... including education, English proficiency, and work history.

[starbase]

This would be an awesome improvement. This "chain migration" stupidity is, next to total non-enforcement of immigration law, the biggest problem with our county's immigration situation.

[Bahbah]

Jeff Sessions has been simply superb on this issue.

[knarf]

How about this ... you apply for citizenship while in your home country ... learn English THERE, start paying taxes to the U.S. based on your income in your home country (even if you make the equivelant of $100US a YEAR, you pay a quarter or something to the US), establish some time frame in order to investigate the applicant, and for the applicant to apply for a sponsor family not of the applicant's nationality, and to get a promise of employment if the applicant has been approved.

After 2, 3, 5, whatever years and the applicant checks out, we invite him or her to a border town to be examined and questioned.

If you pass, your oath of allegiace is administered (the decision pretty much has already been made ... just like a parole board), and arrangements are made to get you to your new sponsor home and job.

Surveil for a year.

[sauropod]

We’ll see. Generally, I distrust pretty much anything Lou Dobbs is for.

[RC2]

Entry to this country should be to the benefit of this country, not to the benefit of the individual. If there is no benefit to this country and the person really doesn’t care about America, they shouldn’t be allowed in. If you allow this to happen, they become a drain on the country, as we are seeing now.

[jetson]

Well by this way of thinking any US citizen should have the right to negotiate any criminal activity that they have been convicted of. Either you have broken the law or not. No deals for the special people.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

“Perhaps this is the beginning of rationality....”

Most likely just the newest lipstick on the pig-in-a-poke called “comprehensive immigration reform”.

[Vigilanteman]

Canada, Australia, and the U.K. all have point systems.....structured so that jobs are not taken away from citizens and immigrants are not a financial drain.

So do Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, New Zealand and just about every other country in the world with a sane immigration policy.

Canada and the U.K. are too PC and loosey-goosey, but still an improvement over ours. The other countries carefully weight whether the would-be immigrant would be an asset rather than a liability before they issue an extended visa. Even then, they are often wrong as evidenced by the widespread gang-rapes by ROPers in Australia.

But this requires political will to fix-- get a felony conviction and your visa or citizenship is revoked!

[Kevmo]

bump for later reading on chain migration

[jimt]

No immigrant should be on public assistance - ever !!

[Paleo Conservative]

The points idea is gaining momentum ... Senator Chuck Hagel has introduced legislation that would apply to the 12 million-plus illegal aliens in the United States.

It must have been one of those episodes of temprary sanity.

[Rick_Michael]

Jeff is a good man. Every other country is this way or is moving this way.

[buckeye27]

However, it will only be a matter of time until they address the issue as they did in the University of Michigan Law School....so they better come up with something a little more substantial.

You can't deal in merit with a bunch of liberals...If you could there'd be no welfare state.

[Dante3]

bttt

[Sovernity]

You do not get it do you??? Religious leaders, welfare providers,food stores, banks, educators, politicans want a huge dependant class in America to do SLAVE LABOR and provide full employment for the penal and criminal justice juggernaut....Remember.....first came the SLAVE TRADERS...then we got tons of SLAVE MASTERS....and now we are “ruled” by the SLAVE ENABLERS.

[ex-Texan]

This photo reall speaks to the truth. Mexican illegals consider the U.S. to be 'their native land.' In their own minds, the long history of U.S. of domination of Mexico justifies their belief. That is why North America is considered to be fair game for Zapaista revolution.

"You are in Zapatista rebel territory. Here the people give the orders and the government obeys."

Why do our borders stand wide open? Open borders are an obvious national security risk during a time of war! The answer is well known to the powerful people who control D.C. They want cheap labor, regardless of what the vast majority of Americans say. 70% oppose Mexican and other border jumpers. Oh, well. 'Nuff said. "Nada por nada."

Click on the photo above to learn why our problems with illegal immigration are directly linked to housing bubble issues other significant problems. Or Click here if you want to learn more. Yada, yada.

[lawfreak]

We are getting more kool-aid to drink from our politicians. What good will be a new law on immigration when the existing laws are not being enforced? America has lost its mind and its will power to enforce the law.

[rbosque]

America is under attack by socialist, Zapatistas coming in from our pourous borders. Hey BUSH and INS...KICK THEM OUT!

[HoosierHawk]

We'll see what happens.

I'm not so sure that Congress is looking out for us.

[Tennessee Nana]

“Sessions proposed a merit-based program “

This type of immigration program use to be used in the recent past...

I dont know when a merit/point system was discontinued, but it needs to be reinstated and fast....