Chamber of Commerce wants 245(i) to continue. I am baffled as to why my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would not listen to these business and industry leaders on this issue. This debate is not a question of whether these intending immigrants will eventually get a green card. They will get a green card. so long as American relatives or employers sponsor them. Killing 245(i) will not bring integrity to our immigration system. What it will do is cost the INS revenue for detaining criminal aliens. drop a staggering. unfunded workload onto the Department of State. disrupt family reunification. and interrupt business activity and innovation in our leading industriesjust so we can send a message that minor immigration violations will not be tolerated. Kicking hundreds of thousands of immigrants out of the country for minor violations makes no practical or fiscal sense. It doesnt help America fight illegal immigration. It is merely a way for hardline immigration opponents to make an example of the very people who are trying to do the right thing.
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