m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 1 * at least 70 percent of Americans said they supported options allowing
those immigrants to remain in the country with some form of legal status
* 63 percent of Americans said immigrants here illegally should be allowed
to become citizens if they met certain requirements
* only 43 percent said they would give citizenship to the immigrants, while
24 percent said the immigrants should be allowed to stay as permanent
residents but not citizens
* All proposals place significant hurdles along the way, including
requirements to pay fines and back taxes, pass criminal background checks,
and learn English and American civics.
* None of the citizenship paths under consideration will be complete,
however, without measures to reduce huge backlogs in the legal immigration
system — an issue that has had little public discussion.
* One point of agreement between lawmakers from both parties who are working
on legislation, as well as Mr. Obama, is that immigrants who have been here
illegally have to go to the back of the line behind applicants who followed
the rules.
* Because of numerical caps on visas for foreigners seeking residency, more
than four million people who have been approved for green cards are waiting
in those lines for visas, according to official figures. They include about
1.3 million Mexicans, but only 47,250 visas are available for Mexicans each
year, according to the State Department. Some Mexican-born children of
American citizens must wait 20 years for visas.
* Democrats hope to raise or eliminate the caps, at least temporarily, to
allow these applicants to move through rapidly, and they want to make new
green cards available for immigrants who finish their provisional term.
* Republicans, whose voters, recent polls show, are more skeptical about the
value of immigration, are reluctant to increase visa numbers. They have
proposed freeing up visas by eliminating some relatives of immigrants from
eligibility.
* Lawmakers on all sides are facing intense pressure from immigrants,
especially Latinos, who have been pushing hard for a direct path to
citizenship. “Since the end of slavery we have not created a second class
of Americans,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for
Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, “and we should not start now.” | m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 2 * Republicans, whose voters, recent polls show, are more skeptical about
the value of immigration, are reluctant to increase visa numbers. They have
proposed freeing up visas by eliminating some relatives of immigrants from
eligibility.
我覺得這個有道理。我覺得那些好努力讀書、找工作者的確比像我一樣跑來結婚的對美
國有貢獻多了。 | m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 3 * Lawmakers on all sides are facing intense pressure from immigrants,
especially Latinos, who have been pushing hard for a direct path to
citizenship. “Since the end of slavery we have not created a second class
of Americans,” said Angelica Salas, executive director of the Coalition for
Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, “and we should not start now.”
可是他們就還不是美國人咩! | m********a
发帖数: 1041 | 4 * Because of numerical caps on visas for foreigners seeking residency, more
than four million people who have been approved for green cards are waiting
in those lines for visas, according to official figures. They include about
1.3 million Mexicans, but only 47,250 visas are available for Mexicans each
year, according to the State Department. Some Mexican-born children of
citizens must wait 20 years for visas.
就是因為等不到合法的機會才跑來當非法的嚕! | p**j
发帖数: 7063 | 5 这年头，能像你一样，在跟自己相关的事情上，仍可以客观看待事实的人太少了。
have
【在 m********a 的大作中提到】
: * Republicans, whose voters, recent polls show, are more skeptical about
: the value of immigration, are reluctant to increase visa numbers. They have
: proposed freeing up visas by eliminating some relatives of immigrants from
: eligibility.
: 我覺得這個有道理。我覺得那些好努力讀書、找工作者的確比像我一樣跑來結婚的對美
: 國有貢獻多了。
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