Is Banning Muslims From Coming to the USA Temporarily a Good Idea?

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DivinePaladin said:

binary solo said:
Forget whether it's a good idea or not. It's an unimplementable idea. You basically have to ask every non-US citizen to declare their religion at the time the arrive (from a visa waiver countries) or when they apply for a visa. And that is arguably illegal to do under US law. And of course people will lie, especially the people who would want to enter the USA to do harm.

Next to this ban Muslims from coming idea, Trump's Mexican wall idea sounds sensible and well though through.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't believe Trump has ever given a concrete or even solid plan as to how he'd fix our immigration issues other than "build a wall and make the Mexicans pay for it," which is so hilariously vague even for a campaign promise.

If there is an immigration problem at all. I heard that what is actually happening at the moment is a net migration into Mexico. Therefore there is negative immigration across the Mexico border right now. So why does there need to be any policy or regulation at all with respect to current movement of people. If there's a problem it is with the fact that there are lots of people illegally living in the USA and that's something which should be fixed by a variety of methods from granting temporary work Visa's and pathways to full citizenship and a few deportations. Not limited to people from Latin America of course.

Naturally a lot of people who are living in the USA unlawfully would want to be given lawful status, but they are too afraid to put their hand up and try to follow a path for lawful residence. So the first thing that needs to happen is to remove the fear, and you could do that by saying everyne who has a paid job consisting of at least 20hrs a week automatically gets a 1 year working Visa. If they have dependant children they get a 2 year working Visa. Then the process of assessment for longer term residency can begin. And the criteria for long term residency should be reasonably low. If somene's been living and working productively in the USA for several years and has no criminal record then there is no economic or social benefit to the country in sending them away.