You want Immigration Solutions? Here they are!

There has been a lot of talk about how crappy our Immigration system is and how it needs solutions. Sadly most people have never been through the process and have little knowledge of what it entails. To make it even more difficult the process differs per country, Monetary status and what type of Visa you are applying for.
The time frames for different type of Visa's and again per country and type of Visa.
For instance, if you were to meet the love of your life and want to bring her over into the country she is simply a plane ride and roses away!
Well no.
Turns out you will be in for a hefty processing fee, interview at the Embassy, which usually are in the Capital so He/She will have to travel, Medical examination then sit and wait.
Improperly or incomplete paperwork will result in paperwork being denied.
Blood tests are required and those who are sick need to be treated, except for special circumstances before they can enter.
To make it even more complex, the time for entry depends on which "Love" visa you have applied.
If you go for a Marriage Visa you will likely have a one year wait before she can set foot on Soil. This type is quickest in regards to the path to Citizenship however.
IF you go for a Fiance Visa you will have a minimum of Sixth Month wait but a longer path to Citizenship. This type can take several Years.
In these cases they will be required to have yet another interview with Customs, then biometrics once they are in country and have filed Adjustment of Status Paperwork.
Followed by more paperwork, more money and more Biometrics.
You are still not a Citizen.
TO further complicate the entire discussion, those are classified as non-Immigrant Visas!

Yea I know.

Work Visa? Well It again depends on Country of Origin and type of Visa, overall average time is one and a half years.


How about if you have a Family member in the US and want to bring their family? More from US Immigration Services

"If you are related to a US citizen but are not an immediate relative, you can still apply for a green card through family sponsorship known as family preference. However, since only 350,000 people are allowed to secure a US visa through this type of sponsorship each year, there are backlogs and the process takes longer than it does for the immediate family.

If you are the child (over 21 years of age) of a US citizen, you are in the first preference. The wait for a US visa in this category can be six years.
If you are the child or spouse of a green card holder, you are in the second preference. The wait for a US visa in this category can be five to ten years.
If you are the married child of a US citizen, you are in third preference. The wait for a US visa in this category can be eight years.
If you are the sibling of a US citizen, you are in fourth preference. Several things can affect waiting times of family-sponsored green card applications."

Refugee Status? You are looking at two years and more travel.
Imagine being in dire need of saving your family and having to be stuck in a war or disaster zone for Two years!

How about Asylum? Well turns out that process takes well over a year as well.


Green cards last for one year and need to be applied for Annually.

So where are the Solutions you ask?

One properly staff our Immigration Services to help with interviews, paperwork and backlog.

End the unnecessary, restrictive and ridiculous wait times. Often times it is simply policy to have these nonsense policy.
In the case of say the Philippines, a country who was once a Territory and has fought alongside us, what is the problem?
Politics and biases unfortunately. The US has consistently wanted ot Punish the Philippines for ending their US Territory Status and also for not allowing Nuclear Ships in their Harbors.
Unfortunately Biases end hard at the top for some reason. So for the easiest solution in this regard, grow the fuck up, seriously!

Next we get to the amount of people entering.
Despite fear mongering, studies show that a influx of Refugees will boost the Economy in around two years time.
Doubt me? America's greatness was during the time when Immigrants were largely unfettered do to the fact those people filled valuable job niches thus allowing the economy to grow exponentially.
As a person from abject poverty who is living in the US once told me "There is so much empty land here, how on earth can we have Homeless and not room for others?"
Hard to argue.

In the end it comes down to voting and holding your elected officials responsible. For Decades both sides of the fence have used Immigration as a platform for voting and used especially workers as Pawns in their elections.
Moreover disagreements in how complex the system is has created more problems, not to mention attaching Pork to said bills is also a problem as well.
In our current situation not much can be done as you ahve a President who insists on building a Useless wall, so regardless of what happens he wants billions appropriated for that wall.
I am sorry, Historically Walls do nothing and are a waste of fucking money, people go over, under or simply bribe the Guards to come across.

If you want Immigration reform, Nationalism does not work, it never has, and never will. Their overall Objective is to be bias and not allow people into the country, regardless of our need. Their inherent instinct to care for their own actually makes things harder for the rest of us.

So vote for people of Immigrant origin, while not always a solution as sadly some seem to think they are special and should deny others, most will want comprehensive reform as they or their parents have went through the process.

Communicate with Farmers, Ranchers and Tourist Industry to find the number of Work Permits actually needed. There are organizations which represent these industries and they need to be strongly considered.
Yes the Tourist Industry actually relies heavily on foreign workers especially in those hard to reach places for locals!

Last, follow the Bill of Rights and GIVE IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS! Right now Immigrants go to mass trials and are not given the representation they deserve thus allowing for max exploitation with Businesses and even Private individuals.

Making Immigrants Fear for their existence in the US has confounded the problem as it encourages Rape, Exploitation and even Robbery. It is common for people to actually rob people who have questionable immigration credentials as they know those people will not be able to go to the police. SO those working are fucked over, this is absolute bullshit.
In short, be kind, follow the Golden Rule and the principals and Foundation of our Country.


It also is to note that out of roughly 200 countries in the world, the US, the country of Immigrants rates as one of the 5 hardest in the world to Immigrate to!

As I stated in my earlier Blogs regarding immigration kindness, compassion and just being human are the answers in the end.

I am sorry this Blog is not more complex, it really does not need to be.


https://www.us-immigration.com/us-immigration-news/us-immigration/how-long-does-it-take-for-an-immigrant-to-legally-come-to-the-united-states/

http://www.cracked.com/article_18552_so-you-want-to-be-american-5-circles-immigration-hell.html

http://thoughtsoftheages.blogspot.com/2018/06/americas-cruel-immigration-policies-are.html

America's Immigration Policies are helping to Destroy Small Businesses and are Crippling Small Towns.

America has had a problem with Immigration for over a century. It is about the time when laws were slowly being applied for those coming and talking heads in power began to put forth laws designed to separate those they deemed unfit to set foot on our land.
It would wane and flux from administration to administration. One could argue it started with the Chinese Exclusion act of 1882, which would not be completely repealed until the National Immigration act in 1965 which repealed country of origin elimination.
Despite this atrocious act the bulk of anti Immigration Policies came forth in the 1920s with the National Origins act of 1929 capping immigration at 150,000 per year. It focused primarily on those from Southern and Eastern Europe and all but Eliminated people from Asia from entering.
Indeed our history of Bigotry and False fear is deep within this country and arguably has no place in modern society on any level.
Immigration exclusion and crack downs have done little more than to hold us back, both culturally and economically.
Recently Trump ended statuses for Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants here on special status, creating a huge void in low skilled workers. From Meat Packing plants to fields this will have a profound affect on the economies of those area's, and of course create a void in businesses unable to fill those jobs with local workers.
Ironically by allowing special status of workers it helps to solve the very Immigration problem the Radical Right claims we have.
Those people within the country inevitably send money back to their own country, helping to educate their friends and relatives which of course breaths fresh life into their own economies.
In my wifes case for instance, she was Educated from the money sent from her Aunts living and working in Japan, not only her, but five other family members would receive College Degrees from that money sent. My wife the first in her family to have a College Job was able to give her Mom something we take for granted, her first Refrigerator. Her income also helped provide extra food they otherwise would never have had.
Now think about it for a minute, that money only helps bring up those economies which in turn will purchase from us, why on earth would we not want that?

My case for Immigrants and refugees.

Immigrants bring forth Idea's from basics such as new cooking methods to things more advanced such as Science.
Just sit back and Imagine what our country would be like without two of the greatest minds ever to grace this earth, not being allowed to America.
Those two minds are Albert Einstein, a Refugee from Germany and Nicola Tesla, a Immigrant from Yugoslavia. Without their valuable contributions it is impossible to know where America would be today, one thing is sure we likely would not have been a world leader for so long.
The valuable contributions of in our Science and Technologies continue today with over 50 percent of all Scientists coming from abroad.
Since America seems completely incapable of dealing with it's education system which would help Americans fill these voids, we undoubtedly will have to continue catering to a Immigrant population which simply cannot be stopped as it would literally cripple our ability to not only advance ourselves, but to compete in world technology.
Not to be excluded our own Medical profession is desperately addicted to foreigners as well. Since America again cannot address it's own educational shortcoming our country has recruited from other countries be it Doctors, Nurses and Dentists.
Those are beyond desperately needed in small towns where it is less attractive for Americans to move to and is a foot in the door for the foreigner. For a foreigner this may be their chance to live in the Mountains of Montana or perhaps some small town in the Great Plains, it is their chance to live out the old AMerican history they have heard so much about, perhaps to interact with wildlife they have only dreamed of.

Then of course we can move on to the Backbone of America, the Immigrant worker which we so desperately need.
For reasons not always completely understood Rural Towns are suffering hard and with that comes a desperate need for those foreign workers. As we advance our own society is less likely to want to do menial jobs, this is not new to America and historically is quite common. IF you know there is better, easier work available, why on earth would you not take advantage of that?
So with that little tidbit comes the realization that many in small towns want a better life, they want to partake in the money adventure so are leaving.
Their places are not being filled, as those positions go unfilled we lose out on basic economies and ultimately taxes desperately needed to help with the infrastructure, as all this dries up towns inevitably die.
Small towns from Rural America to Italy who have tried a different approach and embraced Refugees with great results. Contrary to right wing propaganda these towns found willing workers grateful for a new life and a chance at the American Dream.
Those people brought in a new Economy, filled empty houses and enriched with a new Culture sparking curiosity and diversity.
Come now dear Reader who has just bulked at this thought, do you not enjoy a Chinese or Italian Restaurant?
Let's be honest, if nothing else food as the Late Anthony Bourdain had stated is a "Bridge for us all".

Immigration Crackdowns on the other hand have brought nothing short of Misery. Many good people have been deported for no good reason other than cruelty. I am not one who believes every person should be categorized and listed, I cannot think of anything more repulsive in a supposed advanced society.
Moreover the Crackdowns have all but destroyed local and state tax bases as Billions upon Billions in Crops have rotted from worker shortages. Sow how are those crops replaced? Well ironically enough we import the food shortages. Thanks or maybe not thanks to American Trade policies we can easily manipulate our own food sources from abroad.
The Crackdowns also fuel anti Immigration and ultimately anti Human behavior as Humans Descend into Tribalism intent on persecuting anyone different from them.
That needs to end.

I encourage you, dear reader to write your representatives and push for a real change. As a country we need real immigration policies which to date we none.
Millions have been made Illegal not simply from just jumping over the border, but from having to deal with a complex immigration system which is one of those most difficult in the world.
That makes no good sense, why on earth can we not sit down and realize we all need each other?
I implore you to make this change, regardless of your age group we all depend on each other, the Immigrant/Refugee on our generosity and we depend on their work to help enable our own lives.
What are we waiting for?





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My research trying to disprove Global Warming got me knee deep in facts and explanations, here they are.

I was not always a "Climate Denier" there was a time when if you told me Global Warming was not real I would have used my go to line "Please go in the garage and turn on your car with the door closed, lemme know how that works out for ya"
Unfortunately a certain "News" network came about named Fox, along with the greatest information resource, both good and bad on the planet, the internet.
From Faux I was bombarded with idiotic nonsense day in and day out. They specialize in preying on emotions and especially on the under educated.
They love to push common sense which is really just a dumbed down version of the Truth.
While I have always been a well read person I am by no means a scientist, nor did I always understand what I was hearing as those topics were not those I was of course reading at the time.
The internet took it from there, with chain Emails, chat rooms and Climate nonsense galore mostly perpetuated by those who knew no better, regardless of where I turned I found manipulated Climate Date and reasons to doubt what was going on.
Mind you I never thought for a instant that Pollution was ok, I grew up in a Polluted waste land ripe with the wasteland left from the ignorance of Careless Mining and Smelting, so I was not ok with that on any level, I was however doubting claims made from the Science.
Some of that information came from those perpetuating Climate Change, Mr Al Gore himself sensationalizing Global Warming and pocketing Billions with his show that gave false timelines and his Knee Deep Involvement in Carbon Credits, where a company can pollute as much as they want so long as they pay someone else to note pollute. How fucking absurd can we possibly be?
In all honesty beyond anything Fox news or rumors put forth, simply seeing the Champion for Science being a complete fucking fraud pushed me far away from Science itself. I suspect I am not alone.
Being a inquisitive person who for whatever reason has trouble believing anything, I went on to do my own research. I was completely certain I would find gross manipulation and lies with the Government intent on pushing a agenda filling the pockets of "Green" energy as they smacked down everyone else.
In that research I did find this. I found that Government in all it's benevolence would indeed throw money mindlessly and at times intentionally manipulate data to support its own preconceived notions.
I found that Green Energy, was not always so Green, I found that Green movement at times were the biggest hypocrites on the planet.
In a unofficial study on a Chat Forum with thousands of People I asked a simple question and had a Poll.
"Please state your Political Affiliation and what you are doing for Alternative Energy"
I wanted no Arguments but I did just want to hear what people were doing.
I found those who were on the supposed Left did not do anything substantial regarding alternative energy, I did find those in the center and the right were doing things, not for the environment, but because they wanted to save money.
That was interesting.
I would go on to work on Wildland Forest Fires where I found out own Policies helped fires burn, from roadless initiative to forest Mismanagement it contributed to my skepticism.
Later I would go on to directly work for the State Government and found they themselves had their own agenda and pushed for research in their manner, I am to date not exactly sure why.

From all this I came up with the Biblical Effect, where as no matter what was said the Biblical Level of Preaching would come out against those who challenged their data "There will be Fires, Floods, Earthquakes and Mass Extinctions"
Being no fan of Organized Religion in the slightest I was positive this indeed was the End all for the Argument against Global Warming.

I was Wrong.

It came from reading the proper Material, not sensationalized Garbage from either side, but straight from Scientist themselves that slowly started to convert me.
Reading more I found that regardless of how it was Spun, CO2 had been known for Decades to be a Warming Agent just as Lead has been known for Centuries to have a Negative health effect.
This was Blatantly obvious in my only real Chemistry book, a 1965 college Chemistry book. Hard to argue with that.
Even this however was not the Coup De Grace from my Anti Warming argument.
IT would come from the top of a Mountain and looking out upon the Forests I had grown up in. Those forests to which I had Ridden Horses, Hiked, Hunted, Camped, Motorcycled and Mountain Biked.

They were dying.

Forests which were once green, were now dominated by dying tree's, so much so I avoided certain area's in the wind as Dead Trees would fall at random. Having had a tree fall between my Father and I while riding horses in a wilderness area as a child, this is something that I take incredibly seriously.

No amount of Forest Management could keep up with the sudden Temperature rise and Decades long Montana Drought.
It was absolutely absurd to think that tree's which had stood for centuries suddenly were crowding each other from the lack of humans Saws.
What that told me was that yes, thinning was needed, but was only slowing hte process. Area's which were thinned eventually succumbed to complete annihilation of the tree's themselves as Pine Beetles wrecked their Destruction.
You see Pine Beetles, what those of us in the West had came to loath, were actually a huge answer to the riddle regarding Global Warming.
With Warming Temperatures Bugs of course Thrive. With rising temperatures comes more evaporation which means the Tree Bark itself is no longer thick enough to keep the Beetles from boring all the way through. The worst aspect of warming was what I had quizickly noticed, our Winters no longer had the Deep, Deep subzero freeze for days, if not weeks on end I grew up with.
Those Deep Freezes helped keep the population of Pine Beetles in Check. Two weeks minimum of -15 is needed, we were not getting that and were barely getting a day or two's worth.
The result being Beetles destruction pushed forth ending a Lung for our Planet and worse yet, contributing to the warming as no amount of Logging could keep up with the dying wood. To make matters worse rotten wood is not exactly in high demand.
Burned Tree's from the let burn initiative are not desirable as simply put, the ash from burnt tree's plays havoc on the engines and of course the lungs of those logging.
Green good intentions of let burn and anti logging campaigns sadly have exasperated the problem, helping to send us over the edge of a warming climate we can no longer control, one that we do not know will lead us.
With the Warming climate meant shorter Winters and a increased length of fire the fire season.

Next we go to the floods, what you say? but things are warming and we just had record rainfall.
Well yea dummy, think about it, evaporation will inevitably create rainfall, that rain has to come down somewhere, sadly it is gathering and coming down in groves do to pressure changes and changing wind currents.
We will, and are seeing Biblical Level Flooding.
Now all of that is simply do to more rain however, our own development has led to developing area's. Meaning the more houses and roads built, the less the land itself can soak up.
The more area which is developed means the less area which can absorb Co2.
Thank you capitalism

Droughts are kind of a given, but here we go.
THe warming climate is changing ocean currents which of course are a source of winds, as those winds change so do the nutriets being carried, water and well all else that matters.
To make matters even worse beyond the obvious evaporation aspect, our Oil Drilling is literally drying up lakes as water is pumped into those wells or leaches into those voids.
Those voids btw will contribute to sink holes do to pressure difference between water and oil.

Next we have the sea level itself rising from those Ice Caps and Glaciers melting. THat means that cities and towns which are often built next to the Ocean, will soon find themselves under water. What happens with those people then? Where will you go? What is your City/Town doing to prepare?
Not much likely.



Earthquakes cased from climate change you say?
Well yea actually Global Warming is causing Earth Quakes. You know those Glaciers and Ice Caps that really are melting? Well it turns out those create pressure on the crust, as they melt that crust is relieved causing shifts.
Remember that oil Drilling I Briefly mentioned previously? Well turns out Fracking is causing earthquakes as well. While not a climate aspect itself, this is of course about Anthropological Climate Change, or Human caused. So yea it factors in.
Get ready to rock and roll people, we will be bouncing hither as the world figures things out.

It get's even worse. Do to the changing climate we will have a Mass Refugee Crisis. We are already seeing that now with the largest Refugee Crisis hitting the world since WW2. while some of those are fleeing conflict, some of those are fleeing area's where resources are becoming scant, both from global exploitation and Droughts.
DO you care?
Yo should as you are not immune and could possibly be affected yourself. A friend once said "All I know is if something ever happened and I had to leave my country, I would hope someone would welcome me and my Babies"

So why are not all scientists aboard? you ask.

Well as it turns out they all are. The three percent left out of the "97 percent of Scientists agree" are either paid shills from Corporations trying to save a buck, or those who simply have stated we are not the main cause, but are a cause.
There has not been a peer reviewed study to date regarding Anthropological Climate Change that debunks it, not a one.


SO where does this leave us?

Well I could write a book regarding this, but all I can say is without a doubt Mankind is responsible for the bulk of this Change. It is our lack of panning, lack of foresight which is making a questionable planet for our children, and their children.
It is our apathy and greed which leads us down a road of inevitable destruction.

We have to work together Globally to solve this mess. Pulling out of the Paris Accord was one of the greatest disasters this county and world has ever seen.
The US is the second largest Emitter to China regarding Greenhouse Gasses, other countries have signed onto the accord to help others and even themselves, with China building entire green cities and even a giant machine to help suck CO2 out of the air.
What are we doing? Well thanks to a President with an IQ lower than his age we now are rolling back the EPA restrictions, to make matters worse Captain Fool is also pushing back fuel efficiency regulations.
Like it or not the higher fuel prices are the less we drive. Now before you get all kinds of butt hurt, keep in mind I am a common man making just above the Medium Household income. However I do not care. You could not pay me enough money to sabotage the future of my children.
IF we do not act now, and I mean this instant, we are dooming future generations to a possibly un inhabitable planet.
What does that fat pay check do for you then?
Not much.

We have to change our sinful ways and we need to be good stewards.

We really can do this together. It was only a few decades ago when the World came together to ban CFCs which were causing Ozone Depletion. That Ozone is needed to stop harmful UV radiation from the sun.
IT has been slowly healing itself, the problem being some ass clown somewhere is emitting CFCs again, risking all our health in that process.
This is another example of why a global effort of Regulation and Enforcement is needed to literally, save us all.






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