The Thompson Plan to SEE Us into the Future on Immigration
It is really simple, we must improve our immigration systems across the board. I propose a simple three step process that should guide future legislation.

• Secure – We must secure our border. This is the most important thing we can do. If we cannot maintain our border security then we do not know who or what is coming in to our country. With terrorism and the illegal drug trade being a constant threat, porous borders and not a feasible plan. We must increase our presence with more border agents, allow them to do their job and we should build a fence where necessary.
• Expedite – It is imperative that we allow legal immigrants and have a reasonable process to get them in to the country. Currently people can wait upwards of five years before being able to get in to the country legally while it is easy to skip the line and come here illegally. It is important that we have a good guest worker program that works for our farmers, our restaurants and other service industries. The program in place now is cumbersome and sometimes nearly impossible to use effectively.
• Enforce – In the end we must enforce the laws we have on the books. We are nation that believes in the rule of law and we cannot allow widespread breaking of that law to go unenforced. If we can hit all three points of the plan, Secure, Expedite, and Enforce it is easy to SEE a safe future for our country.