Pragmatic Proposal

Something like 60% of illegal immigrants enter the U.S. legally on visas ... but don't leave when their visas expire. Here is a possible pragmatic solution to reining in this problem:

Coyotes can charge up up $6 thousand to smuggle people into the U.S. Why can't we ask people entering this country on a visa be required to post say a $2 thousand bond that is refunded when these visitors leave within the window of their visas. If they can't show non-refundable return tickets, the bond then doubles to $4 thousand.

We might also ask them for a cell phone number and/or an email address to locate them of they do not depart when their visas expire.

Headlines

GOP skirts disaster in Ohio

Why Elon Musk want to take Tesla private

POLL: 43% of Republicans want to give Trump the power to shut down  media ...

ACLU sues as Jeff Sessions wins 'dramatic' drop in asylum [seekers]

Leaked document| Putin lobbied Trump on arms control

Trump's approval remains high among his rural base, even as trade war rages, poll shows

600,000 foreigners overstayed their U.S.  visas last year ...

Voter fraud: 670 ballots cast in Georgia precinct with 276 [registered] voters

Poll: Majority says race relations have gotten worse under Trump

Apple could be used as a 'bargaining chip' in trade war, China media say

Twitter suspends Libertarian accounts ...

Midterm meddling: Facebook blocks Republican candidate's ad

Semantics

As Aldous Huxley recognized in his book "1984," semantics have a lot to do with persuasion. The right word or phrase can often win the day in a political food fight or an advertisement. Here are some recent examples of such for good or for bad:

Little blue pill = Viagra

 The Swamp = Washington, DC

White male privilege = reverse discrimination

Diversity visas = visa lottery

Male enhancement = bigger penis

Dreamers = (often adult) children of illegal immigrants

Principled press = Meryl Streep's idea of newspapers

Leading from behind = following the flow

Undocumented citizens = illegal immigrants

Strategic patience = modern term for lasse faire

Earned Income Tax Credit = a form of welfare using tax refunds for taxes not paid

Performance in the bedroom = sex

Headlines

These headlines are real ... they have all been discovered on Internet news sites.

UN demands U.S. pay reparations to blacks

40 days: Clinton 'panic mode' over black voters

Acne sufferers live longer

Clinton [Holt] wrong: Supreme Court says 'stop and frisk' Constitutional

Planned Parenthood will now offer transgender hormone therapy

Netanyahu booed at 'Hamilton' performance

Khan of Londonstan to defy Brexit, offer visas to migrants

[Seattle] Mall shooter illegally voted in 3 elections

NFL ratings continue to plunge in third week of Anthem protests

Shock poll: Only one in three voters think Hillary healthy enough to be president

Obama administration official: 'We don't screen immigrants for radical views'

Watch: Alec Baldwin to play Trump on 'SNL'