Comment Re:BS, the "Real ID" part was stripped out (Score 2, Informative) 481
I am not a "citizen". You should probably be aware, that anybody who follows the rules of this nation and enters the U.S.A to live already has an I.D - and is required by law to keep it with them at all times.
I have one. A modern day version of the "green card". It took me two years to get it, I've been finger printed and digitally photographed twice. I spent $2000 dollars on a lawyer to handle the paper work. I had to create a LLC company to get a bank account b'c I didn't have an SSN whilst being processed. I also payed taxes twice on my foriegn incoming for a brief period ( I was employed by a UK company as a contractor, but had to pay taxes in the U.S too - without the right to vote - taxation without representation should mean something to anybody who didn't skip history class ). Oh, and it also cost me near on $1k in gubberment fees.
The immigration system is broken - but RealID is not the answer, as I say, there already is one. It's expensive, complicated but exists - and I'm engineer and couldn't even begin to figure out how to fake one of the resident alien cards.
On another note - It's legal B.S. that stops me from being a citizen ( I have to wait another 3 years before I can even apply ). Personally I consider myself to be an American ( not a English-American or other such **** ). I would happily stand in congress, renounce any claim to the U.K and pledge allegiance to the flag.
Immigration is full of crap - no idea what's going on - more and more rules. Please, everybody who can vote, see this for the issue it really is - gubberment creating chaos to create departments to emply friends.
Just build the goddamn fence already. No other crap, if America cannot enforce it's own borders, it stops being a nation - the founding fathers are watching ya'll - and they ain't happy!
I have one. A modern day version of the "green card". It took me two years to get it, I've been finger printed and digitally photographed twice. I spent $2000 dollars on a lawyer to handle the paper work. I had to create a LLC company to get a bank account b'c I didn't have an SSN whilst being processed. I also payed taxes twice on my foriegn incoming for a brief period ( I was employed by a UK company as a contractor, but had to pay taxes in the U.S too - without the right to vote - taxation without representation should mean something to anybody who didn't skip history class ). Oh, and it also cost me near on $1k in gubberment fees.
The immigration system is broken - but RealID is not the answer, as I say, there already is one. It's expensive, complicated but exists - and I'm engineer and couldn't even begin to figure out how to fake one of the resident alien cards.
On another note - It's legal B.S. that stops me from being a citizen ( I have to wait another 3 years before I can even apply ). Personally I consider myself to be an American ( not a English-American or other such **** ). I would happily stand in congress, renounce any claim to the U.K and pledge allegiance to the flag.
Immigration is full of crap - no idea what's going on - more and more rules. Please, everybody who can vote, see this for the issue it really is - gubberment creating chaos to create departments to emply friends.
Just build the goddamn fence already. No other crap, if America cannot enforce it's own borders, it stops being a nation - the founding fathers are watching ya'll - and they ain't happy!
