Jeb Bush recently revealed plans of improving the nation's border security. In a report from Yahoo, he says during a GOP candidate forum, "Finding a practical solution to the status of the people who are here illegally today is a nonstarter if our borders are not secure against future illegal immigration."
For Republican candidates for president, focusing on border security has been a common policy on the nation's immigration laws.
The former Republican governor of Florida's border security proposal included "forward-operating bases" and increasing use of technology (including drones) to keep an eye on human and drug traffickers. However, this plan is not new as some of them are already being used by federal authorities.
Bush added that the federal government should be more careful in tracking foreign visitors as it has been found out from the Pew Hispanic Center in a 2006 report that half of the foreigners in the country are overstaying illegally.
"While we need to find a practical solution to the status of people who are here illegally today, as we secure the border going forward, we need to identify and send home the people who enter the country legally but overstay their visas or otherwise violate the terms of their admission," Bush said.
In related news, a report from the Senate's Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest points out that by 2025, immigration officials can now approve an estimated 10.5 million visas thus allowing more foreign workers and students to stay in the country. Officials will be able to grant more green cards or Legal Permanent Resident status every year. The statistics from Department of Homeland Security show that for the last five years, 5.25 million immigrants have been given that status. However, a recent poll indicates that many U.S. citizens want the policy to reduce those numbers.
Some critics even added that government benefits should have been given exclusively to U.S. citizens.
