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Dear Editor,
I will lead the charge on this front, give me a task and a direction and I will do it!
I also believe that the INS or whatever it is now should not be allowed to "decide" if a marriage is "valid". I think all violations should be waived and or amnesty and a fine should be imposed for illegal alien spouses of US Citizens regardless of past immigration violations including failure to depart the country since its insane to ask a mother or father or spouse to abandon his family, wife, husband.
In fact effort should be made to draft legislation aimed at solutions to these problems. The current policy makes life miserable for inadvertant overstays and creates a quagmire of paperwork and costs the government a fortune in administration.
A bill that creates a substantial fine for overstays and purchased amnesty could possibly solve many issues for many folks involved in immigration and end the backlog to boot along with funding the whole mess.
Lets use 25k as a baseline fine for immediate amnesty for immediate family member )spouse or child under 18 )overstays and failure to departs. Apply , give government 6 months to investigate for felonies and then have a hearing where the cash is turned over and the green card is handed to them. Do the math..
And bottom line in this country MONEY TALKS.. most other "criminals" if they have enough money can buy thier way out of this mess. And the immigrants that can come up with 25k in cash in 6 months are probably going to be in good shape for the future and it also answers the "cost question" often raised in anti-immigrant arguments.
Name Withheld Upon Request [Ed. 10/29/03]
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