In yet another example of the Department of Homeland Security's inconsistency in the field of immigration, DHS indicated that they will forego advanced background checks for up to 47,000 green card applicants. While all have gone through a criminal background check and fingerprint check, the names check and other intelligence checks will be temporarily abated. According to published reports, DHS will eventually conduct the lengthy background checks and if there is an issue, the applicant will be immediately removable (i.e. deportable).
This issue is glaring example of the general inefficiency of our nation's immigration policy. With all the rhetoric of national security and the calling for permanent walls on the US Southern border, this current practice only seems to underscore that we have no consistent national immigration policy.It seems legally incongruent that we would identify Amy Winehouse as being an 'undesirable', but then allow an individual who could have ties to terrorism to have a green card. Additionally, it underscores that our intelligence community is effectively broken. If it takes years to conduct a comprehensive background check on an individual; how does this offer the public any assurance of security? WIth all the tough talk of the PATRIOT Act, it has been implemented in an ad hoc fashion.
On the other side of the matter, many of these people who are applying have been waiting for years and there is no indication of when a decision will be reached. This effectively clogs the system and creates enormous backlogs that impact every aspect of immigration.
One amusing statement in the linked Washington Post article is the FBI's proposed interim solution. They proposed "contracting" additional FBI officers. That is, they are outsourcing this!
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3 comments:
No one is entitled to a greencard so I have no sympathy. Personally, you should not be able to come here unless you already have a greencard (except if you are a tourist from an approved country). None of these illegals even pay taxes and they are a source of recruiting for Al Quaida. Remember Padilla was mexican and he was found guilty.
I agree with you that it is just sick that the FBI outsources this. They probably are using people from pakistan.
Go Ron Paul '08.
I think that most Americans forget that all of the 9/11 terroists were in theU.S. legally. They came in with a visa.
What people don't realize is that the Border Patrol captures some 2,500 illegals every day which is 80,000 per month and over 900,000 per year. And they are only about 50% effective which means that some 900,000 illegals are able to get into the US every year.
Building a 2,000 mile 90 foot high wall along the border with Mexico would probably cut the numbers down some. But it would probaly also create a huge industry in moving people to Canada where the border is wide open.
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