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Originally Posted by Sonawabich
Read again: work visas. They can work, live and pay taxes but won't be granted eventual citizenship. It would be perfect for majority of undocumented workers who only want to save up and go back. This way gov will be able to track who's here, which is vital for national security.
The bill can also
-end birthright citizenship
-limit family reunification
-put focus on skilled immigrants!
This bill will have greater chance of bipartisan support and win-win for all!
I know lots of people would be angry about limited legalization and reunification but you CAN'T have everything. If dream act passes that will be enough!
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Uh, what about the 14th amendment? That would have to be changed to end birthright citizenship. I think that is going a bit far.
These are all very radical measures that seem to be bowing to far to the right. I can see some of your logic--e.g., maybe there is a large group of immigrants who would be just as happy to have a work visa as citizenship, maybe even restricting placing family visas to immediate relatives--but I think that if you caved this much to the Republican right, then their response would become, "We have no sympathy for the Dream Act because these people broke the law coming here (as babies and young children). This is amnesty for a group who broke the law to come here. Blah. Blah. Blah." This is already the strategy the Dems are employing with their rhetoric about strengthening the border. The response from Republicans is just to go further to the right.
Moreover, your plan would never carry Democratic support, which would certainly be necessary to pass anything.