Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today said that the Obama Administration would start pushing comprehensive immigration reform to overhaul the current system in 2010. She also mentioned that the reform would be three-prong: 1) punishing illegal alien and those who hire them; 2) streamlining the system for legal immigration; and 3) providing a path to those who are already here illegally a path to citizenship.
The second prong is definitely the key: the path to legal immigration needs to be fast, simple, and affordable. I know many people who overstay their visa or work in the U.S. illegally while they are waiting for a visa number to be available. If the path to legal immigration is fast enough, these people will not become illegal immigrants at the first place.
國土安全局局長納波妮撘諾今天表示，歐巴馬政府將在2010年推動全面的移民法例改革。她強調改革會分三方面，包括1)嚴打非法移民及聛用他們的僱主；2)簡化合法移民的程序；及3)提供已經在美的非法移民調整身份成為公民的方法。
第二點是全個計畫的核心：合法移民的程序應該簡單、快捷、收費亦應該合理。很多逾期居留的人其實都只是在等待移民配額。快捷的移民程序可以避免這些人成為非法移民。
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