Held a job for five years while in America
No crimes worse than a speeding ticket while in nation and no misdemeanors for five years moving forward,, or you could be deported upon conviction
No govt paid entitlements for five years paying into the systems (Medicare and SS)
Ok, that would be a start. I have asked this question of liberals at least 10 times (I know that you are not a liberal) and they will never answer with any specifics. Their answer is essentially complete amnesty for everyone unless they are a convicted rapist or murderer - pretty much no compromise whatsoever.
Anyway, here would be my list of give and takes:
- Because I don't like to reward bad behavior by Democrats, anyone who crossed the border after Biden is deportable. After all, you can't honestly make the dreamer claim that you don't know any other country. Possible give some seasonal work permits in areas of need.
- Anyone who hopped the fence pre-Biden, partial citizenship, which would include not being deportable, but not being able to vote.
- Place tight limits on chain migration
- Give 'Dreamers' full citizenship
- Expand seasonal work permits
- Up the number of legal yearly immigrants to, say, 4 million immigrants total and include illegal border crossings in this number. So, if the Dems let border security lapse and let in 3 million illegals, then only 1 million legal immigrants that year
- No catch and release. Asylum claims must be made from their home country.
- Illegal immigrants not counted in the census to use in calculating representatives