How long does it take to get a Permanent Resident Visa under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program?

What do you think of this?? Sounded good right up till "path to citizenship" for lawbreakers!?

• Popular Change Type Size Napolitano unveils immigration plan Matthew Benson The Arizona Republic Mar. 4, 2007 12:00 AM A wall won't solve America's illegal immigration problem. Neither will guest-worker programs. But a combination of enhanced security plus more visas and other immigration reform could work, Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano said last week in laying out a seven-point border plan before the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Napolitano spokeswoman Jeanine L'Ecuyer called the proposal the governor's "most comprehensive so far" and said it is hoped Congress will take it into account as it considers plans of its own. A measure could come to a vote before the end of the year. advertisement Napolitano was in Washington for a meeting of the National Governors Association, of which she is chairwoman. But it wasn't pure coincidence that she chose the nation's capital as the backdrop for unveiling her plan. In doing so, she hoped to break through Beltway misconceptions and stereotypes about border policy - amnesty shouting matches and the like - and discuss the issue in full. That means talking about the fiscal burdens borne by border states, which pay for everything from the education to incarceration of undocumented immigrants, as well as the economic importance of trade with Mexico and the key role that migrants play in the local workforce. "Comprehensive immigration (reform) is the only solution to the problem," said freshmen Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Democrat whose Arizona district includes a significant stretch of the state's border with Mexico. But Arizona Republican Party Chairman Randy Pullen called the Napolitano proposal "mainly rhetoric" and said any talk of citizenship for people living in the country illegally is premature until the border is secured. Napolitano's proposal includes: • Ground-based radar, aerial drones and improved ports of entry to help secure the nation's nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico. • Penalties for employers who knowingly hire undocumented workers and an improved verification system to help them tell the difference. • A temporary-worker program and path to citizenship for those living and working in the country illegally. Citizenship would be dependent on paying a fine, learning English, working, paying taxes and staying out of trouble. "Right now, we're stuck with a 19th-century, Ellis Island-style visa system that doesn't work," said Todd Sanders, government-affairs director for the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. "It encourages people to go around the system. "Our country and state is basically at full employment right now. We need to have a reliable workforce." It now takes more than six years for the Mexican-born spouse of a U.S. resident to get a permanent resident visa, according to the Western Governors' Association. Napolitano's immigration plan aligns with an association proposal drafted last year by Napolitano and Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a Republican. It was unanimously supported by the governors of the 19 Western Governors' states and three Pacific islands. And President Bush has backed immigration reform that more closely follows the sort called for by Napolitano. But there hardly is consensus on the issue. Any call for a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is sure to meet resistance from those who favor a hard-line, secure-the-border-first approach to illegal immigration. "We need to get control of the border now," Pullen said. Without that, talk of legal status for undocumented immigrants will just spur more border crossings, he added. On the opposing side are migrant advocates, such as Hector Yturralde, who worry that Congress will pass immigration reform that's too cumbersome and complicated. A path to citizenship would be great, he said, but how can a migrant earning bare wages afford to pay a fine? And where will they learn English in states like Arizona, where voters have banned undocumented immigrants from government-subsidized classes? "The logical thing to do is make this an easy pathway for workers to come in and be productive," said Yturralde, treasurer of the Phoenix immigrant rights group We Are America. "I hope they come up with something that's fair and something that's practical."

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  Way too complicated. Seal the borders and enforce the laws already on the books. Employer sanctions have been arounf for a long time. Deport all illegal aliens upon discovery. Send the National Guard into all sanctuary cities. If you are going to brag that 50% of your population is illegal that constitutes probable cause and expect to have 50% of your population deported. Interpret the 14th amendment the way it's authors intended for it to be interpreted...ie birthright citizenship is a myth..always has been. That means all of those little anchor babies get to go home with mom and dad. Do away with all the freebies and they will go home all by themselves. They will self deport.