The Undocumented Immigrant Worker Amnesty Program (UIWAP)

The purpose of this program is to allow undocumented immigrants the opportunity to apply for a Green Card/Work Visa who have been working while in the United States and its territories.  The program is a temporary, one time only, application process with a submission deadline of December 31st of the following year after implementation.  It is also created to limit resources poured into the purpose of deportation of undocumented immigrants, to allow those working in the U.S. the opportunity to remain to continue working and as a compromise between all political parties regarding undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

 

Program criteria would, or should, include:

-Employers may submit an application on behalf of the undocumented employee which the employer would act as a sponsor.  The sponsor is financially responsible, or through the employee, of all appropriate fees related to the application.

-The undocumented employee must have been working for the employer on or before December 31, 2020 at the implementation of this program in the year 2025; if implemented in later years then they must have been working for at least five years for the applicant employer.

-Undocumented employees must not have a serious criminal background; meaning, anything deemed in the U.S. above a non-violent misdemeanor that they may have from either the U.S. or origin country.

-Employers are given amnesty/immunity for the entire application process through approval or denial for having undocumented employees.

-Undocumented employees are given immunity from deportation or other related judicial processes through the entire application process.  If denied, they are subjected to deportation.

-If employment is terminated during the application process, unless determined to be malicious of the employer, then the application is automatically denied.

-If the undocumented employee, now documented, has their employment terminated by the employer within one year of approval then the employer must notify and provide reason to the appropriate government agency.  If the termination was within normal boundaries of the law (non-criminal) then the terminated employee may seek unemployment benefits as determined by law.  If the employee quits, self-terminates, their employment then they will not be eligible for unemployment benefits as determined by law and the appropriate agency must be notified.

 

Notes: 

-The initial author of this program is not a part of any government agency nor affiliated with any legislative agency (not a government employee or lawyer).

-Any legislative verbiage of the program when implemented would be provided by the appropriate agency of the current administration.

-The initial draft of this program is simply a guideline suggestion for the current administration.

-The program is also suggested to relieve political tensions in the U.S., provide opportunity to those who have been working undocumented in the country, as well as reduce resources used for the purpose of deportation.

-The agency that handles these applications should either be a separate agency or a sub-division/department of the current immigration agency in order to streamline applications.