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Originally Posted by gu14g
i mean, i am an intelligent, college educated, european white male without any crime history and i surely can't get an u.s. working visa let alone green card because i don't have specific skills that would qualify me
i can only enter as a tourist for i think max 3 months
so what?
is it my birth right to enter u.s.a. and get citizenship or what?
is u.s. european-fobic because they won't allow me to stay and would likely deport me if they catch me overstay
is there some big injustice going on?
sometimes i don't it get how some, to me, totally benign stuff develops into some huge injustice in heads of some people
I currently live in EU as a US citizen, but until I was protected under the SOFA agreement between US & EU I was subject to the Schengen Agreement (authorizes 3 months as a tourist).
I could not apply for a residence stamp in my passport without several factors (income, accommodation, etc).
As I travel about Europe and to the east, several countries make you apply for visa approval in advance to even visiting their countries and will deny access if this isn't accomplished.
So back to the topic at hand, does US need stricter immigration laws and to diligently process current illegals? Yes!
Still using Europe as the current model for illegal immigration, look at the increase of crime, terror threats, and homelessness due to many EU countries not prepared for the asylum seekers from Syria, Iran, and Northern Africa. They can barely handle it and the working tax payers are having to pay this additional expense due to the lack of preparation.
Let's see what this administration can do... Give them a chance to make a difference. Monitor them! No one takes on an assignment and says "let's see how I can f'k this up"