\u2014First, increase border security efforts including adding unmanned drones, surveillance equipment and more border agents;<\/p>\n
\u2014Require completion of an entry-exit system to track whether people in the U.S. on temporary visas have left as required;<\/p>\n
\u2014Create a commission of lawmakers and community leaders living along the southwest border to make a recommendation about when the border security measures have been completed;<\/p>\n
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\u2014While security measures are under way illegal immigrants can register with the government, pass background checks and pay fines and back taxes in order to earn \u201cprobationary legal status.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2014Once security measures are in place, immigrants on \u201cprobationary legal status\u201d could apply for permanent legal status behind other immigrants already in the system.<\/p>\n
\u2014People brought to the U.S. as children, and farmworkers, would have a quicker path to citizenship.<\/p>\n
Improve the legal immigration system:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2014Reduce backlogs in family and employment visas;<\/p>\n
\u2014Award green cards to immigrants who obtain advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math from American universities.<\/p>\n
Strong employment verification:<\/p>\n
\u2014Create non-forgeable electronic system for requiring prospective workers to demonstrate legal status and identity;<\/p>\n
\u2014Stiff fines and criminal penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n
Admitting new workers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2014Employers could hire immigrants if they can demonstrate they were unsuccessful in recruiting an American and the hiring of an immigrant will not displace American workers;<\/p>\n
\u2014Create an agricultural worker program to meet the needs of the nation\u2019s agriculture industry when American workers are not available;<\/p>\n
\u2014Allow more lower-skilled immigrants to come to the country when the economy is creating jobs, and fewer when it is not;<\/p>\n
\u2014Permit workers who have succeeded in the workplace and contributed to their communities over years to earn green cards.<\/p>\n
What do you think of this proposal?<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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