The politicians on the Hill are laughing at anyone who believes their explanations for this.
Their implausible BS line is that it will encourage illegals to "come out of the shadows" because they know they'll be approved in a day or two.
No matter that they're already in "probationary status" and can't be deported whether the criminal check takes 24 hours or 24 days. They have immunity from apprehension and deportation regardless of how long the check takes.
And, since everyone concurs with law enforcement experts that background checks cannot be completed in 24 hours the second BS line is that they'll be done continuously so long as the subject has a Z visa.
Right. And I can get any immigrant a U.S. naturalization approval in less than 1 month, for only $500. /sarc
And one need not ask why an applicant would even care that the criminal check takes 24 hours or 2 weeks or 2 months. What's the difference, so long as they have probationary Z visa approval?
The difference, of course, is that our friendly illegal aliens are not completely stupid, and they'll know that a 24 hour check is far more likely to result in nothing, compared to a more thorough check that takes 30 days. That's an especially important distinction for those with criminal records, and they know it. They will "come out of the shadows" if they believe the criminal check is likely fail.
That's aside fromt he matter that there is no provision for a home country criminal clearance, and no system exists to check on a 27-year-old male who previously lived in Mexico City. Was he a rapist? A robber? A murderer? Who knows? Maybe, maybe not. The proposed 24 hour check using NCIC and fingerprints doesn't address that problem, nor is it required. So who cares.
It's possible that crimes in Honduras, Mexico, or Guatemala *might* hit on a criminal who's wanted by Interpol, but unlikely.
I guess if any big criminal ID problems arise, we can always count on our good friends in Mexican law enforcement to lend a hand.
NOT!