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by tlb 3587 days ago
In case you're not joking: it depends greatly on what country they're coming from. In countries without a strong rule of law, you can be a very bad person without ever being convicted of a criminal offense. And in other countries, good people are given criminal records for things we approve of, such defending human rights or religious freedom.

USCIS can't really go interview lots of people for each decision to decide who's "good". They mostly have to rely on submitted documents, and there's no document you can submit to provide high confidence you're not a criminal.

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> USCIS can't really go interview lots of people for each decision to decide who's "good".

If you charge $100 an interview, you can interview as many people as you want. It would be a better job program than the TSA.