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Biden says he'll shut down the border if deal gives him authority
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493,000 immigrant visas were given out in 2022. It's extremely easy to enter, just too many too quick, and y'all have to wait your turn.
Eh, but how much of that is tourist visas. And where are they coming from.
I'm of the opinion that an open border with Mexico is an issue. Which just should not be controversial.
But I'm also married to someone who entered with a tourism visa. Legal immigration is nearly impossible in the US. There are very very few options for a person to enter the country and be on a path to a green card. Saying otherwise is purely ignorant.
Non immigrant visas are up to 6.8 million in 2022.
You should look at what the requirements look like for an immigrant Visa. The average person in South America does not have the ability to satisfy those requirements. But that doesn't mean they are unable to become a valuable and contributing member of society.
I know people in the US that came here illegally and have gone on to become business owners. But only because they were able to meet and marry a US citizen.
There needs to be a legal path to entry. And we should be stopping the flood of people coming over the border at the same time.
We can only take so many, so quickly. What we're doing now is completely unsustainable.
So why not select for the best and brightest?
People who work highly educated or skilled jobs don’t actually want the US to allow a bunch of immigrants to come and compete with them. That’s the situation with tech workers and H1B visas. Jobs going unfilled right now are not the ones worked by the best and brightest or most highly educated…
So basically, no workers want immigrants
What would be best for American workers is for immigrants to either have full right to work and be in the country, and therefore full wages and protection of labor laws, or not be in the labor force at all. Business owners want them to be here in a vulnerable, marginalized position so they can take advantage of them, which also screws over citizens. Note that it’s the business owners who hire illegal immigrants screwing over Americans, not the immigrants.
I can't agree with that. It's only unsustainable because we have a flood of immigrants coming over the border and a catch-and-release program.
And my wife has a PhD, of which she did a year in the US. Not in something useless like poetry, but in meteorology. She did not have the connections to get a US sponsorship from an employer. So without knowing someone, she was without options.
I know immigrants who have found their way into the US legally, and overstayed. They have gone on to become business owners, or successful in their respective fields. The issue with your assumption is that you think we're actually effective at selecting the best and brightest.
The reality is that if we secured our borders, we wouldn't be overwhelmed.