This is what happens when you don’t teach history, or teach it very selectively. People are ignorant as the dickens. The precedent is right there. Why are they ignoring it?

Assholes.

Thank you – not just for that nugget, but your whole comment was interesting. You’re right – more is needed than improved agency efficiency, but it’s rather behind the times to be losing paperwork in this day and age. Especially when it affects people in such a huge way.

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At any rate, I suggest getting out of America. This place is for the birds. In such a rich country, everyone should be able to live her life in peace.

I also agree about immigration. Were the ppl who came over on the Mayflower illegal immigrants? Immigrants make America great.

USCIS has one new objective: to deal with cases efficiently, and to reduce backlog. Currently, USCIS keeps almost all of its records in paper form, leading to lost or unprocessed applications. Making records available electronically is a huge step in the right direction, though obviously some work is needed on the actual laws concerning immigration. Now that the bureau is working on improving its functionality, Congress needs to get started on laws that work in the new system.

Unlike this Mark Krikorian, I feel very uncertain that I have a clue what all is right/wrong with immigration. That’s why I don’t go around issuing many opinions. I have a feeling immigration law reforms are needed, desperately, but I’m not sure what the solutions are. The research I’ve done makes me feel like I would need four years of study to fully comprehend immigration law and its history in order to have a sensible opinion on what to do in the present and future.

I think ignorance is as big a factor as racism in some anti-immigration thinking. If you get most of your info from the media, you form the impression that people are sneaking into the country and somehow benefiting at legal residents’ expense. You’re hard-pressed to explain the mechanics of it, because you’ve only gotten soundbytes that told you what to think, but not why.

I’m not arguing that ignorance is less awful than bigotry. Bigots use ignorance to spread their agenda without making the racism of it obvious. And I feel everyone adopting opinions based on soundbytes should rethink their entitlement to have an opinion without being fully educated on the subject.