Judiciary Committee Considering Visa Bonding

Human Events, Vol. 58, No. 12 | week of March 25, 2002 | Keri-Ann Calderwood

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   The immigration reform bill under consideration by the House Judiciary
Committee may include a proposal to require people entering the United
States on temporaty visas to post a bond to guarantee that they leave when
their visas expire.
   George Fishman, chief counsel of the House-Immigration
Subcommittee, recently attended the largest bail agent conference in the
United States to discuss the possibility of a "Visa Bond." Supporters
of the proposal say it is a simple way to enhance national security
through the visa process.
   The bond would work just like bail bonds posted in criminal cases. A
foreign student or other temporary visa holder would pay a percentage of the
bond up front and the bail agent would guarantee the remainder. The bail
agent would then be financially responsible for ensuring that the visa holder
complies with the conditions of his visa. If the visitor is a student, the
bail agent would verify that the student is registered and attending
classes. If the visa holder fails to meet the conditions of the visa, the
bail agent will turn him over to the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service (INS) for deportation.
   "There are two benefits of a visa bond," said Steven Camarota of the
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). "First, a bond provides a monetary
incentive for the visitor to leave when his visa has expired, and second,
a visa bond privatizes the entry-exit process."
   Presently, there is no system to monitor when or whether temporary
visa holders leave the country when their visas expire. "Enforcing
an entry-exit system is key, because terrorists have gained entrance to
the United States with student visas and we know that tens of thousands
of people overstay their visa each year," said Camarota. "We can't
do things the way we have done in the past. Wheter or not it made sense
in the past, it does not make sense to issue temporary visas without an
entry-exit system now."
   Camarota says that foreign students should have no problem paying the
bond. "Universities have been claiming for years that foreign students
are essential because they pay their own way," he said. "If these
rich, elite kids can afford to pay full tuition and expenses to come
to American universities, than they can afford to pay a bond."

Miss Calderwood, a senior at Brigham Young University, is an intern with the National Journalism Center.

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The immigration reform bill under consideration by the House Judiciary Committee may include a proposal to require people entering the United States on temporaty visas to post a bond to guarantee that they leave when their visas expire. George Fishman, chief counsel of the House-Immigration Subcommittee, recently attended the largest bail agent conference in the United States to discuss the possibility of a "Visa Bond." Supporters of the proposal say it is a simple way to enhance national security through the visa process.

We don't want any third world immigrants in the United States. Jorge Bush announces that he wants to make sure these immigrants who are here on student visas actually go to class. This bill will ensure that third world america hating immigrants go to class? Go to class? To learn what? Phyics? Molecular biology? How to build weapons of mass destruction? This is insanity. America has gone mad. Didn't we learn anything from September 11?

We learned a couple of weeks ago that the government of the United States had intelligence reports that the Arab and Islamic terrorists, whether in Iran or in Afghanistan or Iraq, all of the Arab terrorists have been working to develop a dirty bomb. We also learned that the United States expects an attack with weapons of mass destruction eventually. The United States expects it and actually has radioactive sensors in Washington D.C., New York and other places so if somebody comes through with radioactive explosives such as a suitcase bomb or the other things that these Muslim snakes are cooking up against us, if they come through supposedly these radioactive sensors will go off. What a joke. The United States expects us to be attacked by weapons of mass destruction and we're playing this little immigration game?

Do Americans really think they are safe knowing that our own government has said that they're going to strike us with weapons of mass destruction? They're preparing it. They're developing it and they're figuring out a way to bring it in if they haven't thought of it already.

Do Americans realize how dangerous this is? Are Americans mad? G-d was merciful to us. The World Trade center was a horrible attack but G-d was giving us a warning. G-d was saying, "look..this is what's coming...Act now...don't bomb caves in Afghanistan...expel the immoral evil hateful third world immigrants from the country I gave to you..... Act in a serious way against them and act now"

[Sabertooth]

We don't want any third world immigrants in the United States.

This is not my position at all. I don't have a problem with legal, third world immigrants in general, although under the current circumstances, I agree that a moratorium on visas to Arab moslem nations is in order, as well as other nations that might be targets in the War on Terror.

But I don't have a problem with LEGAL Latin American immigrants, even in reasonably large numbers.

To oppose Amnesty is one thing, and I do; but to favor a Buchananite moratorium on all immigration, or third world immigration, is excessive and unnecessary.

[Barnacle]

It will never work. Why? Because it's a perfect sense solution. I'm convinced that those running the show have a vested interest in keeping the illegal immigration situation in the crisis mode.

[Free the USA]

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[bigcheese]

EXCELLENT IDEA!

$5 dollar cover charge for aussie ladies, free Jackie D. / Southern Comfort / Wild Turkey shots for duration of stay.

loopholes? Nah... the dems would never stoop to pandering to mini-minority groups (trans-"IT"s, oppressed tree huggers, et al). < /sarcasm>

[iopscusa]

Agree 100%....close the damn borders....no ifs/ands/or butts...stay closed until we clean out the illegal immigrants/terrorist and perfect the immigration system. We don't owe these people anything, we do owe it to ourselves, the Feds 1st & primary duty, this is what they are paid for, to protect this country and it's citizens. Damn the cheap labor, damn the politicians and damn the beaurocrats. If they can't do it....show them the door and no severance to be given, they have failed and need to get out of the way!!!

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The following are members of the House Judiciary Committee from the www.house.gov/judiciary/members.htm link. PLEASE CLICK ON THAT URL TO GO TO YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER'S WEBSITE TO CONTACT THEM URGING THEIR SUPPORT FOR VISA BONDING:

MR. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER (WISCONSIN), CHAIRMAN

Republican Members________Democratic Members
Mr. Hyde (Illinois)__________Mr. Conyers (Michigan) Ranking
Mr. Gekas (Pennsylvania)_____Mr. Frank (Massachusetts)
Mr. Coble (North Carolina)___Mr. Berman (California)
Mr. Smith (Texas)____________Mr. Boucher (Virginia)
Mr. Gallegly (California)____Mr. Nadler (New York)
Mr. Goodlatte (Virginia)_____Mr. Scott (Virginia)
Mr. Bryant (Tennessee)_______Mr. Watt (North Carolina)
Mr. Chabot (Ohio)____________Ms. Lofgren (California)
Mr. Barr (Georgia)___________Ms. Jackson Lee (Texas)
Mr. Jenkins (Tennessee)______Ms. Waters (California)
Mr. Cannon (Utah)____________Mr. Meehan (Massachusetts)
Mr. Graham (South Carolina)__Mr. Delahunt (Massachusetts)
Mr. Bachus (Alabama)_________Mr. Wexler (Florida)
Mr. Hostettler (Indiana)_____Ms. Baldwin (Wisconsin)
Mr. Green (Wisconsin)________Mr. Weiner (New York)
Mr. Keller (Florida)_________Mr. Schiff (California)
Mr. Issa (California)
Ms. Hart (Pennsylvania)
Mr. Flake (Arizona)
Mr. Pence (Indiana)

However, I suppose we don't need to waste our time bothering with gay Barney (Frank), fat Gerald (Nadler), leftist Shiela (Jackson Lee), communist Marty ("shred the 1st amendment" Meehan), or dyke Tammy (Baldwin).

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Attention Floridians - PLEASE visit the following website http://www.house.gov/judiciary/members.htm and click on the links for House Judiciary Committee representatives Wexler and Keller. PLEASE tell them to support Visa Bonding and initiate legislation to move this immigration reform idea forward. FReegards!

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Attention Michiganders (especially Dan)- PLEASE visit the following website http://www.house.gov/judiciary/members.htm and click on the link for House Judiciary Committee representative Conyers. He is the ranking member of this committee. PLEASE tell him to support Visa Bonding and initiate legislation to move this immigration reform idea forward. FReegards!

[LarryLied]

I propose a sliding scale. Anyone from a Muslim country: $10,000,000. Anybody from France: $1,000,000,000. . .

Israel "art students" should have a high bond also.

[Clemenza]

The vast majority of illegals in Florida consist of those who overstay their visas.

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Attention Pennsylvanians - PLEASE visit the following website http://www.house.gov/judiciary/members.htm and click on the link for House Judiciary Committee representatives Hart and Gekas. PLEASE tell them to support Visa Bonding and initiate legislation to move this immigration reform idea forward. FReegards!

[Clemenza]

House Judiciary Committee representatives Wexler

You think Wexler will listen to any Freeper or, for that matter, anyone outside of Boca Raton? HA HA HA!!!

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Attention Virginians - PLEASE visit the following website http://www.house.gov/judiciary/members.htm and click on the link for House Judiciary Committee representatives Boucher, Goodlatte, and Scott. PLEASE tell them to support Visa Bonding and initiate legislation to move this immigration reform idea forward. FReegards!

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Attention Arizonians - PLEASE visit the following website http://www.house.gov/judiciary/members.htm and click on the link for House Judiciary Committee representative Floyd Flake. PLEASE tell Mr. Flake to support Visa Bonding and initiate legislation to move this immigration reform idea forward. FReegards!

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Attention South Carolinians - PLEASE visit the following website http://www.house.gov/judiciary/members.htm and click on the link for House Judiciary Committee representative Lindsey Graham. PLEASE tell Mr. Graham to support Visa Bonding and initiate legislation to move this immigration reform idea forward. FReegards!