[dandelion]

Applying for a visa is not the same thing as getting citizenship. It's another way to document workers properly - and it gives law enforcement more leverage in expelling illegal aliens who don't have visas. The thinking is, if you don't have a criminal record, or if you have a job, you have a visa. If you don't have a visa, you must be unemployed or a criminal...

[dandelion]

and if you have a wack keyboard, you double post...

[skeeter]

Applying for a visa is not the same thing as getting citizenship.

No, but legalization is a necessary first step. Who really doubts citizenship will eventually be next?

[RS]

EXACTLY - a visa is not even a green card -



Currently, the requirements for Mexican citizens are as follows:

First, the prospective employer must file a labor condition application;
Then, the applicant's prospective employer must file an I-129 "Petition For Non-Immigrant Workers" with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS); and
After the petition has been approved, the alien must apply for a non-immigrant visa at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate in Mexico.

[PeoplesRep_of_LA]

Applying for a visa is not the same thing as getting citizenship. It's another way to document workers properly

Read this about the bill the Governator is so praising. http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34678

But analysts at Project USA, a Washington, D.C.-based group that advocates reducing legal immigration to "sustainable levels," says despite the bill's language, it is designed to accomplish the same thing as amnesty.

"What the bill actually does is give illegal aliens the option of either returning to their home countries or obtaining a visa that allows them to remain in the country and eventually gain permanent legal status – hardly an encouragement to the illegal alien to return home," says an e-mail alert issued by Project USA.

Craig Nelson, the organization's executive director, says the bill won't stop illegal immigration.

"Like every amnesty before it, it will only make it worse," he told WorldNetDaily. "It sends yet another signal to billions around the world that we're really not serious about immigration policy, so come on in."