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Originally Posted by GirlySports
so what's the best way to track people who overstay their visas? how does Canada track this? what if they have children during their visa stay?
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I don't think it's a tracking issue. If someone enters legally, there will be records of them entering/leaving and when their papers expired.
It's more about enforcement. Police have more important and pressing things to deal with and wealthy people make money from the labour of undocumented residents. The best way to combat it would be to more effectively monitor, audit and punish companies that use undocumented labourers in a way to avoid paying taxes and benefits. The problem is, those people also tend to be politically powerful. That's why all this business about Trump being "anti-establishment" is BS. His own companies partake in the grand scheme just as much as anyone.
The best way to reduce "illegal" immigrants is to legitimize them. That's probably not the answer the Trump base wants to hear though.