Ideas for Practical Border security can only be Founding Principles…

Real-World Policies Modern Issues

accomplished by a combina-
The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation
tion of technology, border
is a public policy foundation, cre- g ua rds , AN D a non -
ated in 1984 by the family of Pro- immigrant work program to Immigration
fessor Vernon K. Krieble, scientist, allow people seeking work to
educator, inventor and entrepre- enter the country legally. Solutions
neur. Recognizing that the Foun-
dation’s assets are the product of
a free and democratic society, the
founders considered it fitting that
those assets be used “to further
democratic capitalism and to pre-
serve and promote a society of
free, educated, healthy and crea-
tive individuals.”

Reducing the Burden

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 Border control would be cheaper and easier, because Non-Immigrant Work
Border Security and most of the people now illegally crossing the border
would be gone – safely entered into a regulated legal Program Reduces
Non-Immigrant Workers system. Illegal Border Crossings

During the years when the United States offered a

Current illegals could quickly leave the country and obtain legal program for temporary farm workers, known
Border security can legal standing OUTSIDE our borders, coming to work on as the Bracero Program, the number of illegal
only be accomplished America’s terms – no amnesty. They would do so volun- border crossings plummeted, from over a million
by a combination of tarily because the process would be quick and efficient, per year to just a few thousand. After the pro-
technology, border enabling them to come out of the shadows, live and work gram’s demise, illegal crossing skyrocketed –
guards, AND a non- legally, and enjoy the benefits and protections of the law – back to a million again. Not speculation—
immigrant work pro- instead of hiding from the law. The market would limit history.
gram to allow people the number without quotas—no jobs, no visas.
seeking work to enter
the country legally. Border control can only work IF the labor de-
mand is also filled. A non-immigrant work pro-
The solution – border
gram will help ONLY if it actually works.
control and a new work program – does NOT
require amnesty; it does NOT require citizen-
ship. The program is for non-immigrant We know the private sector solution will work, because it
“guest” workers, not for immigrants – not for already works. Private banks and credit companies rou-
new citizens. tinely issue smart cards. Private companies routinely run
background checks through government databases. Pri-
There are two ways for workers to enter the vate employment agencies link workers and employers
U.S. – as non-immigrant workers or as immi- every day. This solution is not new – it is just new to the
grants applying for citizenship. These two illegal immigration debate.
paths must be kept separate because the re-
quirements are different.

The Vernon K. Krieble Foundation’s proposal

for private management of a non-immigrant
work program would provide powerful incen-
tives for illegals already in the U.S. to leave the
country, apply for legal admission and become
taxpayers instead of a drain on the system.
“The only real way to reduce the flow of illegal
Mexican immigration is to provide a legal, or-
Private employment agencies would open of- derly process to match open American jobs with
fices in foreign countries to facilitate the proc- Information on our web site: workers who want to fill them.”
ess – run background checks, link specific - Wall Street Journal 9-24-06
workers to specific jobs, issue smart cards, track • White Papers
workers, insure compliance with all laws and • Polling Data
streamline the process.
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The system would be funded entirely by user • Editorials, Endorsements, News Clips Information:
fees, not taxes, and could reimburse state costs
for education, health care, and corrections. www.krieble.org