REGISTRATION
without DEPORTATION:
BRINGING MILLIONS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
SYNOPSIS:
Immigration reform in the United States will
probably include
accepting most of the
foreign nationals already settled in the USA
into some new status that will allow them to stay in America.
As a first step out of the shadows,
foreign nationals who would have a low
priority
for
deportation
will be allowed to register themselves voluntarily with the U.S.
government.
When accepting such voluntary registration,
the United States Department of Homeland Security
will have to issue a new document guaranteeing immunity from deportation
if certain conditions continue to be fulfilled.
After several million foreign nationals have
registered,
the United States of American will have the needed data-base
for making further decisions about pathways to citizenship
for these foreign nationals who have voluntarily come forward to
register.
OUTLINE:
1.
FOREIGN NATIONALS FULLY SETTLED IN THE USA.
2. SETTLED IN THE USA BEFORE A CERTAIN CUT-OFF DATE.
3.
FACTS TO BE REGISTERED.
4. IMMUNITY FROM DEPORTATION.
5.
WORK AUTHORIZATION.
6. IMPACT ON THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY.
7.
FOREIGN NATIONALS WANT
TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
8.
WHICH FOREIGN NATIONALS WILL REGISTER FIRST?
9. AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF LICENSED DRIVERS.
10. REGISTRATION WILL NOT GUARANTEE
A PATHWAY
TO U.S.
CITIZENSHIP.
11. CONCLUSION: REGISTRATION WITHOUT DEPORTATION
MIGHT BE THE
FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARD
COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM.
12. DREAMers BEGAN REGISTERING IN
2012
(DACA).
13. CONDITIONAL PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
HOW THIS CHAPTER MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND:
Do
you now believe that it would be impossible
for the U.S. government to collect the names and addresses
of foreign nationals without deporting them.
Are you skeptical that anyone would voluntarily come forward?
Perhaps this essay will help you to imagine
a new way of treating foreign nationals,
which would allow at least the best of them
to get straight with Uncle Sam
in the hope of being considered for citizenship
under immigration reform.
REGISTRATION
without DEPORTATION:
BRINGING
MILLIONS OF FOREIGN NATIONALS
OUT OF THE SHADOWS
by
James Leonard Park
1.
FOREIGN NATIONALS FULLY SETTLED IN THE USA.
Any changes of immigration policy or law must begin
with an awareness
that there are millions of people all over
the world
who would like to emigrate
into the United States of America.
New practices or policies must seek first to prevent
additional people from
entering the USA without permission.
If we announced that any foreign
national
could register with the Department of Homeland Security
with the assurance that he or she would not be deported,
then millions of people would stream into the USA
to take advantage of this new program.
Not only would it look like blanket
amnesty
for all foreign nationals already living in the USA,
but it would look like a blanket
invitation to everyone on Earth
who ever wanted to move to America to come immediately.
Thus limits and controls must be established
even before any of the other features can be discussed.
2. SETTLED IN THE USA BEFORE
A CERTAIN CUT-OFF DATE.
In order to prevent a rush of new unauthorized
immigration,
this registration of foreign nationals already settled in the USA
might have to specify how
long the family must have been living in America.
Would 10 years be too long?
A possible date would be June 15, 2007,
which was the cut-off date for DREAMers.
(See
Section 12 below.)
Foreign nationals who have not been living in the
USA
for the specified length of time
will have to be handled according to existing or revised methods
for dealing
with
unauthorized immigrants.
The new office registering foreign nationals
who
have lived for more than ten years in the USA
will have to develop some expertise in verifying claims of residence.
Proofs of being present in the USA would include such things as:
(1) income-tax returns for the years of claimed residence,
(2) school and college records for those who were pursuing education,
(3) registration of real estate and/or rental records
for the places
where the foreign nationals lived,
(4) registration of motor vehicles and driver's licenses,
(5) utility records for electricity, natural gas, telephone, cable TV,
etc.
Foreign nationals should also be able to provide
references
from reliable persons who will testify that the foreign nationals
were in fact settled in the USA during the period claimed.
Contrary evidence would include any such similar
proofs
that the applicant was
living in another country
during some part of
the period in question.
All of the details of places of residence would be
relevant
for deciding which foreign nationals have been settled in the USA
for more than ten years—or
whatever length of time is specified
in the legislation authorizing Registration without Deportation.
This immigration reform legislation might be called:
the Foreign Nationals Registration Act.
3. FACTS TO BE
REGISTERED.
The United States Department of Homeland Security
will have to create a new data-base
for the millions of
foreign
nationals who will register.
This new data-base will begin with the thousands of foreign
nationals
already known to the
various parts of Homeland Security.
Name.
Each foreign national who is registering with the U.S. government
must have an established and recognizable name.
If false names have been used in the past,
these should also be noted in this registration.
If names have been changed for any reason (such as marriage),
then the prior names should also be included.
The current registered name will remain with this individual
unless and until it is changed in the Identity File.
Social
Security Number.
Also, if the persons registering have any identity
numbers,
perhaps assigned in their original homelands,
these should be included with their names.
If they have valid American Social Security Numbers, these will be
recorded.
Even if they have been using false
Social Security Numbers in the USA,
these should be disclosed
—with
all associated facts concerning these numbers.
If they are not already
registered with the Social Security
Administration,
then new Social Security Numbers might be issued by the
SSA.
Or another system of registration-numbers might be created
specifically for registering foreign nationals living in the USA.
Date of
birth.
Each person now alive was born on a particular day in the past.
Even when the precise date was not officially recorded,
most individuals still celebrate the passing of another year
on a particular date on the calendar.
If there is no official record of birth,
this fact can be recorded along with the assumed date of birth.
If even the year of
birth is uncertain,
then medical examination might be needed to assign the best estimate.
Estimated dates of birth can be changed later
if better facts and evidence become available.
Location
of
birth—and country of citizenship.
Each person was born at a particular place on the planet Earth.
The best-organized countries in the world
have official means of recording each and every birth.
The person being registered with the U.S. government
will provide the best
information available about location of birth.
And when the information is unknown or approximate,
some substitute indication will be included here,
such as the probable
country of birth and citizenship.
When place of birth is unverified,
the assumed location
can be changed
when better information becomes available.
If the registering individual has an uncertain
citizenship,
perhaps because of living in many different countries,
this fact will also be recorded
—subject
to later correction if new facts of birth and citizenship come to
light.
If the person being registered has ever been naturalized into
citizenship
in any country, that fact and its date will be recorded here.
If any member of the family is a U.S. citizen, where is this fact
recorded?
Duration
of
living in the USA.
When and how did this foreign national enter the USA?
Did he or she have some sort of visa granting permission to
be in
America?
How long has this foreign national been settled in the United States?
Date of
death.
Each living person registered with the Department of Homeland Security
will ultimately have a date
of death.
The electronic records must include a way of recording the date of
death
so that other people do not attempt to claim this identity.
When a registrant dies, the
Identity File must be inactivated.
Photographs.
A recent photograph of the registered individual
would be the first thing to appear in each electronic record.
Even people not trained in identifying faces should be able to see
the similarities and differences between faces.
When updated photographs are added,
the older photos will also be retained in the data-base.
Sometimes there would be family photos including several people.
Current
address.
Since all who are registering have been settled in the USA for some
years,
they must have regular places where they sleep.
These cannot be post office boxes or the homes of relatives or friends.
If the present residence is a temporary shelter,
a proper address will be recorded as soon as possible.
And all registrants will be responsible for keeping their
addresses current.
Former addresses (and the dates) will also be kept in each Identity
File.
Sources
of
income.
All persons who have been settled in the USA for some years
must have had some means of supporting themselves.
Which members of the family were employed?
Where does this work take place?
Does someone in the family operate a business?
Does anyone in the family hold income-producing investments?
What forms of public assistance have been used?
Related to these sources of income,
have taxes been paid—both
Social Security taxes and income taxes?
Family
relationships.
Human beings usually have close connections with other
people,
who are generally referred to as "family".
Foreign nationals registering with the Department of Homeland Security
will explain their past and present family structures as completely as
possible.
Some of these will be biological
facts such as parenthood.
Some of these will be social
facts such as marriage or its
alternatives.
Some family relationships are more distant with respect to blood and
marriage,
but they are very relevant to the daily connections of the registrants.
Even very complicated and unofficial 'families' can be described.
For example, who lives in the present household?
When any such relationships change,
the registered facts about family relationships should be updated
in the computer record of each person affected.
For example, when a family relationship is dissolved
—as
by divorce or separation—
this change of family structure should be reported
so that the Identity File for each person affected will be current.
And we should remember that departure, deportation, or death
also changes all such family relationships.
4. IMMUNITY FROM DEPORTATION.
Along
with complete registration of all family members,
the newly-registered foreign nationals already settled in the USA
will be given a new status
that prevents them from being deported
as long as they continue to meet specified conditions for
residency.
This new status might be some modification
of permanent residence.
Because the Registration
without Deportation
might come before most measures of immigration reform,
the ultimate pathways to American citizenship might not yet be
defined.
The status of each permanent residence might be
reviewed
once per year
to make certain that all members of the family
have been observing the conditions for continued residence.
Some of the most likely conditions for continuing to
live in the USA are:
(1) being employed in a legitimate occupation,
(2) paying all taxes when due,
(3) obeying all laws,
(4) updating the National Identity Files for all family members
whenever any facts change.
Instead of issuing some new form of Green Card,
the foreign nationals newly registered
will have their new status defined in their National
Identity
Files.
Whoever has a valid right to know, can check their immigration status
by using the nearest computer with Internet access.
While specified conditions for continued
presence in the USA are fulfilled,
the whole family will be permitted to stay in the United States.
Then, as comprehensive immigration reform is enacted,
some pathways to U.S. citizenship will be opened for these
foreign nationals
who took advantage of Registration without Deportation.
5. WORK AUTHORIZATION.
One of the most immediate impacts of registering
with the government
will be millions of foreign nationals who can now seek employment
in the United States openly and legally.
Without registration, all foreign nationals living
in the USA
are prevented from holding legitimate jobs in the United States.
This forces millions of foreign nationals
to resort to underground
means of supporting themselves.
So, one of the greatest incentives for voluntary
registration
will be the work-authorization
that comes with registration.
All registered foreign nationals will be given some sort of work
permits.
Their identities will be permanently stored in the computer system
of the Department of Homeland Security.
And prospective employers will be able to consult this Identity File
whenever the foreign national applies for a new job.
This electronic work-authorization will replace all
previous attempts
to create some sort of identity
papers or cards
that would allow citizens of other countries to work in the United
States.
The new electronic method of checking to see who is registered
will allow employers to open the Identity File of the applicant
maintained by the Department of Homeland Security
in order to view all necessary identity information.
Foremost will be a current
photograph of the registered foreign
national.
The photo in the National Identity File must match the face of the
applicant.
Identification by means of photos in a secure national data-base
will prevent most of the common forms of identity fraud.
After registration, the registered citizens of other
countries
would be permitted to apply for any jobs available.
Only a few jobs that genuinely require U.S. citizenship
would be off-limits for registered foreign nationals.
After a few years of registering
citizens of other countries,
about half of the
foreign nationals settled in the USA will be
registered.
And they will already see the advantages of registering:
Most legitimate employers will hire only U.S. citizens
and registered
foreign nationals.
Non-registered foreign nationals will find themselves turned
away
time and again because they have no right to live and work in the
USA.
See a related
chapter
called:
If
They Cannot
Work, They Will Not Come:
and Many Will Return to their Homelands.
6. IMPACT ON THE
UNDERGROUND ECONOMY.
The employment of unregistered foreign nationals
has been one of the strongest factors behind the underground economy.
Because unregistered foreign nationals could not have
legitimate jobs,
they took whatever hidden
jobs they could find.
Such jobs provided no protections for the employees.
They might not be paid their agreed-upon wages.
They could not complain about working conditions.
No taxes were withheld or paid to the various levels of government.
When Registration without Deportation
enables foreign nationals to seek legitimate employment,
they will become parts of the above-ground
economy.
Wage- and hour-controls will apply to them.
They will no longer be subject to slave-like conditions on the job.
Many of them will report their former underground employers
to the
proper
authorities so that their sweat-shops
and other non-legitimate businesses can be
shut down
or transformed into legitimate businesses.
All appropriate taxes for these foreign nationals
will be collected and paid.
They will qualify for Social Security when they reach retirement age,
because their years of employment were recorded.
As noted above, Registration without Deportation
includes being issued a real Social Security Number
or a special number created specifically for registering foreign
nationals.
As a side-effect of Registration without Deportation,
the financial problems of the U.S. government will be sharply reduced.
Perhaps 10% of the actual U.S. economy has been underground.
When most of this economic activity comes into the open,
dramatically more taxes will
be collected.
Each new registration of a foreign national
has the potential of uncovering some part of the underground
economy.
Careful documentation of non-registered ways of making money
will probably discover more foreign nationals not previously
registered.
And the additional taxes
collected from foreign nationals
now brought out of the underground economy
might be more than enough to cover the additional costs
of creating the new data-base for Registration without Deportation.
See another chapter:
The
Underground Economy:
Bring All Economic Activity into the Open
7. FOREIGN NATIONALS WANT
TO COME OUT OF THE SHADOWS.
When citizens of other countries living in the USA
without permission
are convinced that they can register themselves
with the Department of
Homeland Security without fear of being deported,
then millions will
come forward to put themselves into the new
data-base.
There might be so many millions of registrations
that
DHS will have to create a new division that deals with nothing except
the huge process of collecting, recording, verifying, & updating
the registration information.
This data should be recorded electronically in formats
that can quickly and easily be integrated with a national registration
of ALL
people
living in the USA—citizens,
authorized immigrants,
& newly registered foreign nationals
who came into the United States without permission.
All persons registered will have a right to live and
work in the USA.
Foreign nationals who were previously living in the shadows
—worrying
every day about being discovered and possibly deported—
will be able to live and work openly in America.
Their lives will be remarkably improved
by this new voluntary
Registration
without Deportation.
And all such improvements in their status will become widely known.
This will encourage others
who have been living underground
to come forward to identify themselves and join legitimate
America.
8. WHICH FOREIGN NATIONALS
WILL REGISTER FIRST?
The citizens of other countries settled in the USA
without permission
who are most likely to line up first for Registration
without Deportation
will be those people who hope to be offered pathways to U.S.
citizenship.
In 2011, the U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE)
announced that most foreign nationals
would not be deported
if and when they were discovered.
Those who behaved the best during their years in the USA
were given a very low
priority for prosecution
that might lead to
deportation.
The Morton
Memo of June 2011 set forth new guidelines for deportation.
There were 15 factors counting in favor of staying in the USA.
And there are 5 factors that would probably lead to deportation.
The new administration that took charge in January
2017
changed these priorities for deportation.
Then all unauthorized
foreign
nationals were subject to deportation
except those who are registered for DACA. (See Section 12
below.)
Many of the 10
million unauthorized foreign nationals
will probably be permitted to stay
under
immigration reform.
The
first voluntary Registration without Deportation
might register 4-5 million foreign
nationals.
These millions of law-abiding foreign nationals
will
be added to the data-base
already started by the Department of
Homeland Security,
which has the names and addresses of about 1 million
citizens of other countries living in America without permission.
As the DHS sorts thru its cases already in process,
many of them will be given a low
priority for deportation.
These low-priority foreigners already have work
authorization
that allows them to remain in the USA for a couple of years.
A wise policy will make certain to follow all
registered foreign nationals.
And the same data-base should be able to accept the information
from other foreign nationals who come forward voluntarily
when Registration without Deportation is
announced.
Likewise, as ICE continues to locate
additional foreign nationals
who are settled in the United States without permission,
the new guidelines for deportation will be applied to each case.
Some will be prosecuted for serious violations of immigration laws.
But many will be declared
low-priority cases.
These law-abiding citizens of other countries
will be added to the data-base of foreign nationals
newly permitted to continue living in the United States.
In other words, some foreigners will be added to the
data-base
when they are caught by the normal operation
of Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
And some will come forward voluntarily to Register
without Deportation.
Perhaps 1 million foreign nationals will be added each year.
9.
AUTOMATIC REGISTRATION OF LICENSED DRIVERS.
Since
several states already license drivers who are foreign
nationals,
this might be an easy and natural way to expand national registration.
Citizens of other countries granted
permission to live and work in the USA
are already expected (and authorized) to have driver's licenses
issued by the states where they live.
When the National Identity Bureau creates Directory
USA,
one obvious place to cross-check identities
would be the departments of motor vehicles of the various states.
And eventually the National Identify File
of any applicant for a
license to drive
would be the place to confirm the identity
of the person seeking a
license.
As a step toward a comprehensive list of
everyone living in the USA,
foreign nationals who apply for licenses to drive
should automatically be registered with the Department of Homeland
Security
when they are registered as new drivers in any state.
This could become a rolling registration
for all foreign nationals already having state driver's licenses:
When they next renew
their state licenses to drive,
they will also automatically be registered with the U.S. government.
State laws authorizing foreign nationals to drive
would also have to be modified to make this national registration
automatic.
Thereafter, all foreign nationals would know that
getting a state license to drive would put them into the national
data-base
if they were not already included in Directory USA.
And because of the other benefits of registration,
many drivers would not wait until they next renew their licenses to
drive.
They will go to their local post office and get the forms needed
to register themselves and their whole families as settled foreign
nationals.
Because most adults in the USA are also drivers of
motor vehicles,
there will be very large overlap between licensed drivers
and adults listed in the national data-base—in
Directory USA.
Once the National Identity Bureau is fully
operational,
it will constantly check with the state departments of motor vehicles
to make certain the names and addresses of all people living in
the USA
are correctly recorded in both places.
10. REGISTRATION WILL NOT
GUARANTEE
A PATHWAY TO
U.S.
CITIZENSHIP.
The major objection to any offer of
Registration without Deportation
will be that it is "blanket amnesty".
In writing new regulations and laws, care must be taken
to make certain that this new Registration without Deportation
does not constitute amnesty
---nor even seem to be the same as allowing
all foreigners settled in America
an automatic pathway to American citizenship.
Registration without Deportation would grant the
right
to live and work in the USA for
limited periods of time,
which could be extended as needed by the circumstances of the family
and by current progress toward U.S. immigration reform.
Pathways
to
American
citizenship will have to be created
by law.
Fulfilling named criteria will enable foreign nationals
to earn naturalization.
Those who fail
to fulfill the minimum requirements
for U.S. citizenship
will be slated for return to their original homelands.
Such repatriation will be careful and compassionate,
taking into account the complete family-constellation that will be
affected.
The most likely reason for ultimate deportation
will probably be continued
criminal behavior
by the foreign national while living in the USA.
Unlike U.S. citizens, foreign nationals
who have been granted temporary
permission to remain in the USA
do not have an unchallengable right to continue living in America.
And some percentage of those initially registered
will ultimately be returned to their countries of origin
for reasons that will be described in their deportation orders.
Once foreign nationals are registered
with the Department of Homeland
Security,
they cannot be arbitrarily
deported
simply because they are in America
without permission.
All ICE officials will be required to follow defined, reasonable
procedures
if they know of good reasons that registered foreign nationals
should not be
permitted to remain in the United States.
11. CONCLUSION: REGISTRATION
WITHOUT DEPORTATION
MIGHT BE THE FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARD
COMPREHENSIVE
IMMIGRATION REFORM.
When the history of immigration reform in the USA is
written,
historians will probably report that it all began with a
simple process
of counting up and gathering data about some millions of foreign
nationals
settled in the USA without any official permission.
Even before these millions of citizens of other countries
were registered with
the U.S. government,
rational plans were laid and carried forward
to prevent other foreign
nationals from entering without permission.
Some of the citizens of other countries already settled in America
were permitted to stay while their cases were decided,
which also offered them additional years
in which to prove that they could be good citizens of the USA.
As registration became more universal,
and as more employers refused to hire unregistered foreign nationals,
many who knew they would never qualify for American citizenship
voluntarily returned to their original homelands.
Those who voluntarily registered themselves and
their families
were more likely to be allowed to remain in the USA.
And those who chose to remain in the shadows
were the foreign nationals ultimately returned to their homelands.
Only time will tell whether the United States
actually adopted this policy of Registration without Deportation
and what were the actual effects on the United States of America.
12. DREAMers BEGAN REGISTERING IN 2012
(DACA).
On June 15, 2012, the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
announced "deferred action"
for all foreign nationals who would qualify
for the DREAM act.
The full name for this new registration was:
Deferred Action for
Childhood Arrivals (DACA).
By administrative decision (in contrast to new legislation),
foreign nationals who were children
when they were brought into the USA
(age 15 or below) were no longer subject to immediate deportation
if they were less than 31 years old on June 15, 2012.
They were not prosecuted for the immigration violations of their
parents.
And, unless they are convicted of serious crimes,
they are given temporary authorization to live and work in the USA.
Such two-year authorizations were renewed on a case-by-case basis.
All the
facts concerning Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
are found at this official website:
https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca
This "deferred action" did not grant amnesty.
And it did not automatically open a pathway to American citizenship.
Also, after the foreign nationals registered with the U.S. government,
the months under this new status did not count as months 'out of
status'.
Deciding not to prosecute DREAMers already settled
in the USA
did not encourage
additional unauthorized immigration,
because "deferred action" required at least 5 years
of continuous presence in the USA up to and including June 15, 2012.
At its peak, about 800,000 young,
law-abiding foreign
nationals
who were brought into America by
their parents without
permission
were registered under this promise not to deport them.
This was less than half
of the DREAMers who were eligible for DACA.
A similar proportion of all unauthorized foreign nationals
might voluntarily register themselves
if and when Registration
without Deportation is offered.
In retrospect, DACA might be seen as the beginning
of RwD.
13. CONDITIONAL PERMANENT
RESIDENCE
Registration
without Deportation might be accomplished
by a modification of the immigration status now called
"Conditional Permanent Residence".
This new form of registration should empower all who
register
to come out of the shadows
and become productive parts of the American family.
Those who register would receive Social Security
Numbers.
And official work-authorization which will enable them
to find legitimate jobs in the above-ground economy.
Leaving the underground economy will probably
increase their incomes.
And some of this increase will be devoted to paying taxes,
which might not have been collected
in their previous ways of making a living in America.
One of the conditions
for Conditional Permanent Residency
should be an annual report of all income to the IRS
—even
if no taxes are owed.
The Internal Revenue Service could forward a copy
of the first page of the income-tax return
to the Department of Homeland Security.
Knowing that there will be this additional level of checking
will help all Conditional Permanent Residents
to be especially careful and honest with their tax-returns.
Some Conditional Permanent Residents
will be full-time college or graduate students.
They will also report this situation to the DHS.
And some will be employed by some branch of the U.S. military.
In any case, all who have CPR will be reporting
annually
how they have used that year of their lives.
If they are engaged in long-term creative projects,
which might not have any cash benefits,
they can still explain how they have supported themselves
—or
how others have supported them.
All who support themselves in some form of business
will fully report those businesses,
—again
even if there was not enough income to owe taxes.
Besides using their time in CPR in productive and
legitimate activities,
all who have this status must avoid
all criminal behavior.
They are 'on probation' to prove that they can become good citizens.
The law creating this new immigration status
will define exactly how serious a crime would have to be
to eliminate a convicted individual from the program.
Unfortunately, some who received this deferment of
deportation
will not complete the required number of years of good behavior.
(Eight years in CPR has been suggested,
followed by 5 years as Lawful Permanent Residents.)
And they will be returned to their original homelands.
The examples from DACA show
that about one person in 1,000 fell outside of the requirements
and was removed from the program.
A similar failure-rate might be found in Registration without
Deportation.
Those who prove by their good behavior
that they can become good citizens of the USA
will be permitted to apply for American citizenship
after the required number of years set forth in the new immigration
law.
And millions will become naturalized American citizens.
HAS READING THIS CHAPTER
CHANGED YOUR MIND?
Perhaps
you originally believed it would be impossible
for the U.S. government to collect the names and addresses
of foreign nationals without deporting them.
Maybe you were certain that no one would
voluntarily come forward to register themselves.
But this essay has helped you to imagine
a new way of treating foreign nationals,
which would allow at least the best of them
to come out of the shadows
in the hope of being considered for citizenship
under immigration reform.
As a result of reading this essay,
you now see how it might be a creative first step
to allow the best of the foreign nationals settled in the USA
to register themselves if they are promised not to be deported
as long as they abide by reasonable rules and regulations.
Do you now favor Registration
without Deportation?
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AUTHOR:
James Park is himself a grateful immigrant to the
USA.
He was admitted as a child with his whole family in 1949.
And he was naturalized in 1955.
The United States has been enriched by each member of his family.
Immigration reform will allow millions more
to become open, meaningful members of the American family.
Much more about James Park will be found on
his website:
James
Leonard Park—Free
Library
This library offers other essays related to
immigration:
End
Deportation of Persons Likely to Qualify for
a Pathway to Citizenship under Immigration Reform
25
Million
Foreign Nationals in the USA:
How Many Will Stay?
Register
all
Foreign Nationals:
Carrots and Sticks
Earning
American Citizenship:
Be Above Average
Ideal
Immigrants:
Criteria for Selecting New Americans
Orderly
Immigration into the United States
Creating
New
Pathways to American Citizenship
I
am an
Immigrant
Immigration
Problems and Solutions:
Keeping the Debate Constructive
Immigration
Reform:
A Range of Options
If
They Cannot
Work, They Will Not Come:
And Many Will Return to their Homelands
The
Underground
Economy:
Bring All Economic Activity into the Open
Born in the USA:
The Easy Way to Become a U.S. Citizen
Comprehensive
Repatriation of Citizens of other Countries and their Families
National
Identity File:
Directory
USA
All of these
on-line essays are being discussed
in
a Facebook Seminar called
Orderly
Immigration: Creating a New America.
Further
Reading
Structuring
and Implementing an Immigration Legalization Program:
Registration as the First Step
This 34-page policy brief from the Migration Policy Institute explores
how
to register
the millions of unauthorized immigrants settled in the USA.
Morton
Memo
Explained:
Factors for and against Deportation
This Internet presentation explores the 20 factors once considered
in deciding which foreign nationals could stay in the USA
and which should be returned to their original homelands.