http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/10/24/2828731/darrell-issas-immigration-plan-falls-short/
After President Obama vowed to make immigration reform one of his top priorities the day after the government shutdown, House Republicans began crafting a response. On Wednesday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) stated that he would introduce an immigration bill next week that grants temporary legal status to undocumented immigrants. Issa’s bill will only provide six years of legal status, a far cry from the Senate bill’s path to permanent citizenship.
this is disingenuous and just a ploy to try and out maneuver the Pres. first of all 6 years what is the difference to permanent citizenship, first don't let them in, then give them a 13 year wait noe let them in for 6 years can you see the hypocrisy of this?
In an interview with Politico, Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said that the bill is “halfway between full amnesty and simply rejecting people.” The bill will also allow undocumented immigrants to travel back to their native countries while they are in-status.
Issa believes that a temporary legal status period would give undocumented immigrants enough time to find alternative ways to fully become either permanent residents or American citizens.
okay when and if they go home how tough will they make it for them to come back? and like ROMNEY'S self deporting, he wants them to find their own way on how to stay or become a citizen what about all the hearings and committees to determine just that money wasted and we can let them "PICK THEIR OWN PLAN", this is not a freakin' game show and he ain't Monty Hall, "let's make a deal".
and he wants more subpoena's hope he's got one for himself.
“If somebody has a nexus that would reasonably allow them to become permanent residents and American citizen, we should allow them to do that,” Issa said. “Our view is that long before six years, people would be in those categories heading toward some other pathway, in a guest worker program, or of course, have left the country.”
and there it is the real intent leaving the country by the time the 6 years is up or more correctly self deport.
Six years, however, is hardly enough time for undocumented immigrants to adjust their status. Visas are limited and difficult to come by– green cards and high-skilled work visas have annual caps that are quickly filled up. Many undocumented immigrants have been waiting for decades for a green card — one Mexican national is still waiting 15 years after his father, a legal permanent resident, petitioned for him.There is currently a 19 year backlog of existing applications; as of June 2013, the government was still processing applications filed before August 1993 for adult children of U.S. citizens from Mexico. “Heading toward some other pathway,” in Issa’s words, would take much longer than six years. What’s more, the uncertainty of a permanent fix could deter some firms from hiring temporarily legal immigrants who could be at risk for deportation later on.
is that a 19 year backlog that would come with that additional 13 years? my Hispanic friends run from these people they are out to get you and keep yo where you are while smiling in your face with HINO's from the gang saying they are on your side well on their side means no citizenship just multiple years of empty promises. smiling faces
