If CG is offered for you at 100k, would you take it? - Page 2

Well, you certainly will face additional scrutiny even after the ban expires. So, you are right in the sense that if you’re dirt poor you are not getting in - EVER! But if you are financially well off and have ties to where you came from you have a good chance of getting in since the probability of you over staying your visa (or visa waiver program) is low. I know people who came to the states for a visit after their ban expired.

Absolutely. Not saying I have that much in my couch cushions but I would live in a cardboard box and cash in every favor to make it happen.

My "home" would probably arrest me immediately and suspect I'm a US spy because how else could I have been in the US for so long without a passport or status. If I'm lucky, I'll end up on the streets without access to any of my money.