{"id":5582,"date":"2014-11-20T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T12:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/?p=5582"},"modified":"2014-11-20T08:31:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T14:31:46","slug":"paul-ryans-immigration-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2014\/11\/paul-ryans-immigration-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Ryan&#8217;s immigration plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>It is wrong for Obama to accuse Republicans of not having a plan to address illegal immigration.<\/h5>\n<p>From: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Way-Forward-Renewing-American-Idea\/dp\/1455557560\/ref=sr_1_1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea<\/em><\/a>, Paul Ryan<\/p>\n<p>First, secure the border and enforce the laws we have on the books.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Institute an effective visa tracking program.<\/li>\n<li>Institute an e-verify system for employers to electronically confirm an individual&#8217;s immigration status.<\/li>\n<li>Institute a guest worker program for temporary and seasonal workers to perform jobs &#8220;not being filled by Americans.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>An independent third party must verify that the above border security and enforcement conditions have been successfully implemented.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next, grant probationary legal status with specified conditions for undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an admission that they entered the country unlawfully<\/li>\n<li>payment of a fine<\/li>\n<li>payment of back taxes<\/li>\n<li>a criminal background check<\/li>\n<li>learn English and civics<\/li>\n<li>must stay off any form of public assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After all the above have been satisfied, a probationary immigrant may leave probation and receive a non-immigrant work visa.<\/p>\n<p>After another period of time, a holder of a non-immigrant work visa may get in line and apply for a green card.<\/p>\n<p>Exceptions to the above:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Illegal immigrants brought here as children <em>and who are now pursuing advanced degrees or serving in the military<\/em> should have an accelerated path [to be determined] to legal citizenship.<\/li>\n<li>Foreign students in STEM fields should be encouraged [to be determined] to remain in the U.S. after they complete their education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Way-Forward.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6104\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Way-Forward-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"The Way Forward\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Way-Forward-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/The-Way-Forward.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is wrong for Obama to accuse Republicans of not having a plan to address illegal immigration. From: The Way Forward: Renewing the American Idea, Paul Ryan First, secure the border and enforce the laws we have on the books. Institute an effective visa tracking program. Institute an e-verify system for employers to electronically confirm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5582","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-illegal-immigration","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5582"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6109,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5582\/revisions\/6109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}