Welcome back.
If you truly want to “engage the blogosphere” on this, could you stop concentrating on enforcement, which, if this bill passes will immediately become obsolete because there will no longer be “illegal” aliens having all been legalized by the “temporary Z Visa”.
Could you instead address the costs, fairness, and lack of enforcement of all the previous legislation that adequately covers this situation?
Thanks in advance!! GG
p.s. Count me in as one who has been sending back my postage page envelopes to the RNC telling them they will never get a dime from me unless and until this bill is dead and buried and the fence is built!
All illegal aliens will not immediately gain legal status if this bill passes, and no one is immediately given Z status. The only people granted Z status are those who come out of the shadows and apply, which involves a probationary period that is gained through a preliminary background check.
They will stay in probationary status while a Z visa application is pending, and it may be revoked at any time if the applicant is found ineligible for the Z visa, fails to maintain a clean record, or fails the background check required for obtaining a Z visa.
If the applicant is found eligible for the Z status, then the worker must pay a $1,000 fine for head of household and $500 per dependent; up to $1,500 in processing fees per applicant, including heads of household and dependents; and a $500 state impact assistance fee.
We're not playing with standard rules here folks. Realize to whom it is you're talking with!