Posted by
DHope on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:39:38 PM
TRACKING IMMIGRATES
I was talking to a buddy of mine and we came up with this idea for tracking everyone who comes into this country legally.
What we need to do is issue an I.D. card when anyone enters our country. Now this not a novel idea, but here is what would make it effective. When the card is issued they must open an account in their name and make a minimum deposit of $1,000.00. The amount needs to be enough to cover the period of time they plan to be here or enough until they start earning some income.
The point of the card is it becomes the only means of making, receiving and spending money.
Then when they earn any income the employer must pay them by direct deposit to that account. The person who has the card can use it just like a ATM or Debt card. If we want to really want to make it effective, you set the card up so it is issued by international credit card companies like Visa or Master Card. In fact you could set it up so when people sign up they are evenly distributed among any company that meets a criteria to participate.
Then every time this person earns income, receives a bank transfer or spends money we know where, when and how much. Takes care of income taxes and tracking their movement within the country.
Now you could tweak it and accomplish other things. For example, if you suspect this person of some type of illegal activity you have their last known location and a photo I.D. to go on. You could then use it to post an alert when they use the card to buy something the clerk would see an alert to contact the police, FBI or some other authority.
You also solve one of the problems for employers, no card, no employment. Now you know people are going to find a way around that little problem right, just pay them in cash. So, let's use an incentive to get them to sign up people who they know are illegal. For example, all the income taxes that are collected the first year go to the employer. Sure you don't collect any tax for a year, but you weren't going to collect any way right? So right away you have a person working towards becoming legal and paying tax.
For those who want to become legal who entered the country illegally they pay a fine (they could pay the find on the installment play by having so much a month taken out of their account). Next they must get a card and start working to become a citizen. The card could be used to track their progress. For example, let's say you must take a citizenship class, when they pay for the class it's tracked by the card. When they attend class it is used to track attendance Then if they have to learn to speak english, take a test to prove they can; again you can track if they have taken the test or are taking classes to learn english.
Once they become a citizen the card can be done away with, another incentive!
If the person goes back home to their country, we know when they have left. If they want to then withdraw the money in their account they are free to do so. If they want to reenter the USA then once again they have to have a minimum amount in their account first and the process begins once again.
Now this idea is not perfect, but it would help make a big difference until a better way comes along.