I\u2019ve blogged about this before<\/a>.)\u00a0 Given that de facto government policy for years and years has been to enforce immigration laws as minimally as possible, with multiple administrations saying, \u201cas long as you don\u2019t commit crimes, you can stay,\u201d and with sanctuary states\/cities going further and saying, \u201ceven if you commit crimes, you can still stay,\u201d and given that the 1983 amnesty carried with it a promise that was never fulfilled, to stop future illegal immigration, skeptics are justified in saying, \u201chow can we trust that the federal government will actually carry out whatever enforcement provisions are now written into law?\u00a0 What\u2019s to say they won\u2019t come up with more reasons to \u2018exercise prosecutorial discretion\u2019 or waive certain provisions or defer their implementation year after year?\u201d\u00a0 And, at the same time, supporters of legalization understandably reject enforcement-first legislation because, they say, it\u2019s unfair to take away the ability of future legalization-beneficiaries to earn a living, and the promise that these people won\u2019t be harmed because e-verify would only affect new hires isn\u2019t persuasive if that leaves everyone at the mercy of their existing employers.<\/p>\nFolks, I have a solution.<\/p>\n
Step 1:\u00a0 provide legalization for the \u201cDream\u201d\/DACA group in exchange for border controls and visa overstay prevention.<\/p>\n
Step 2:\u00a0 implement E-verify with an age cut-off; everyone age 35 or older at the date of enactment is (temporarily) exempt.\u00a0 If you\u2019re under age 35, but don\u2019t fall under the \u201cDream\u201d\/DACA provisions, your current age and your age at arrival mean that you\u2019re not going to garner too much sympathy if you have to return home.<\/p>\n
Step 3:\u00a0 once E-verify is fully implemented, across all employers, with this age cut-off, begin processing legalization applications, with stipulations regarding literacy and English language skills (not just a promise to enroll in classes in the future), and giving literate English-speakers first priority.<\/p>\n
Step 4:\u00a0 once the legalization applications have been processed, or in a phased-in manner parallel to the processing of applications, implement E-verify completely.<\/p>\n
What?\u00a0 You say that the same people who are currently using forged identification to claim eligibility to work in the U.S., will just\u00a0buy new documents that claim to be over the necessary cut-off age?<\/p>\n
OK, I guess it\u2019s back to the drawing board. . .<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
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