Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   We need to get clear about what we mean... Date:   4/18/2016 1:07:04 PM

You are right.  Haven't heard any plans about how the screening would be done.  I think maybe proof of a job and proof of a place to live  might be a good place to start with work visas with follow up by ICE to make sure that they are working in that place.  I don't think they could do 100% check, but some level of follow up and with employers reporting if the person leaves the job.  Checking at the post office  and have to mail in a card signed by the employer, every 3 months? 

With vacation visas, perhaps a 10 day limit, with the visitor having to provide place where they will be staying.  (I've had to do this with visas before).  Some sort of tickler file established with Immigration that if the person is not shown to have exited by that day, some level of follow up.  Yes, we would have to expand the size of Immigration and come up with a good computer tracking system, but if we are serious about it, then we need to do what needs to be done. 

A friend, whose family had come to the U.S. as political refugees in the 1950s, told me that they had to provide the name of a sponsor, provide proof of a job, proof of a residence to come into the U.S. Of course, they wanted to be legal and they applied for citizenship as soon as they were eligible. 

I'm not sure how you screen illegals - as they come within the border, having passed no border checks.  I guess you start building big walls and big fences....