I.I., we shall call it. It stands for Immediate Immigration. Come to the border, and within 72 hours you will receive a decision on whether you can stay. Background checking, contact with family and friends already in the U.S., receiving the COVID-19 vaccination, the court hearing a . . .
All completed within 72 hours. The point is: Is there good reason this cannot be done? How long does it take to pick up a phone and call family members already here? Could background checking take longer? If you have to wait for police officials in Venezuela to say whether someone is MS-13, perhaps so. But, do the police in Venezuela even keep such records? Instead, call their local church. Call other community sources. Get the best read you can and go with it. I would not be surprised if this is more than what we currently do. Use those same sources -- churches and other community leaders -- to determine if the applicant's claims are correct: Is coming to America due to economic hardship, or need of a job, or because of threat to their lives. Those calls can be made quickly, and using these sources, those you are calling often will be able to verify the need.
And, yes, if you need rewrite the laws to make it work, do so. I do not believe many of those coming in at our southern border come as refugees. Make it so they can.
Immediate Immigration: it is possible, it can work, and we should do it.
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