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< Back to current issue of Immigrant's Weekly Dear Editor, I don't really agree with all the criticism for the Special Registration process. Sure, it seems to give the government too much control, but really it's not to control anything. It appears to me that it is more about monitoring who comes in and who goes out of the US and who stays for how long.... and given the devastation of 9/11 I firmly believe it is a tool that should have been in place long ago. I agree it is a headache, and it won't be fun for those of us who have to register every time we enter or leave the US, but I think it takes the ambiguity out of the whole screening process at the entry/exit posts. Now people who are legally here on H1's or other visas will not be pulled aside to be subject to grueling and endless questioning because the person in question happens to be a male from a particular country travelling alone and is therefore suspicious. All people legally here have to do is show their visas and register their entry or exit and go. People who don't need to be harassed won't be and US immigration won't be wasting their time with the wrong people. They'll know that people who didn't register have something to hide and those they'll go after. Now that may jeopardize those coming here illegally, but then those here illegally have made things difficult for those who have attempted to come and stay here legally. Families aren't allowed into the US even for legal reasons because if the whole family is together they may decide to "stay put" and never leave. They'll want one family member to remain in home country so they know the rest will return. But ultimately, this process will make it harder for terrorists to enter or leave the US without leaving some trail. It is an inconvenience, but I'll say this, getting a visa and entering or leaving the US hasn't ever been convenient. A little more inconvenience just so the rest of us feel safe is no big deal. However, I do think that the US should allow for a way for those illegally here already to somehow register and legalize themselves, so that everyone is accounted for and those in hiding do not remain in hiding forever, because I do believe that way Immigration will waste less time dealing with harmless illegals and focus on those with darker ulterior motives. They can, then, continue with their clamp down on any new illegal migration to the US. Fariha Shaikh Copyright © 1999-2002 American Immigration LLC, ILW.COM
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