Merit Based Immigration - Do you support it?
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Nope.Trump and republicans just want rich connected white people coming in.
it makes so much sense to bring in low skill immigrants to get free govt handouts, drive down wages and then have the tax payers who voted against it to pay for it.
and as a bonus you get more democrat voters... and you get some others to vote for it because they see all the problems your immigration problem created.
its at least a triple win for lefties.
Lets help these people in their home countries.
It is more cost effective. its good for their culture and ours.
Also it keeps there carbon footpring 3 to 10 times lower... helping the environment according to lefties.
And it humanitarian because they won't die on the way here.
and as a bonus you get more democrat voters... and you get some others to vote for it because they see all the problems your immigration problem created.
its at least a triple win for lefties.
Lets help these people in their home countries.
It is more cost effective. its good for their culture and ours.
Also it keeps there carbon footpring 3 to 10 times lower... helping the environment according to lefties.
And it humanitarian because they won't die on the way here.
Do Republicans need 60 votes for this to pass? My guess is it should but republicans are always trying to sneak shit through with reconciliation.
I think anything would be better than what we have now. We literally penalize talented Europeans in favor of Africans. How does that help us?
Any system based on "merit" deserves skepticism. As universities have proven, you can define "merit" in a way which actually accomplishes the opposite.
I really think we have we reached the point where we need to hit the pause button on all immigration. No more refugees thanks. Cut H1B's back drastically. That accomplishes the dual purpose of generating jobs and demonstrating to silicon valley tycoons that there is a price for sticking your noses and pocketbooks into politics and backing the wrong side. Limit other immigration drastically and favor those with professional skills.
Congress probably will not go along with any merit program due to cowardice to face the inevitable cries of racism.
Any system based on "merit" deserves skepticism. As universities have proven, you can define "merit" in a way which actually accomplishes the opposite.
I really think we have we reached the point where we need to hit the pause button on all immigration. No more refugees thanks. Cut H1B's back drastically. That accomplishes the dual purpose of generating jobs and demonstrating to silicon valley tycoons that there is a price for sticking your noses and pocketbooks into politics and backing the wrong side. Limit other immigration drastically and favor those with professional skills.
Congress probably will not go along with any merit program due to cowardice to face the inevitable cries of racism.
Wasn't that America's primary immigration policy for decades... until the Lefties began flooding our country with poor quality immigrants?
Personally I'd favor about a 5 year moratorium on ALL immigration until we get a handle on the mess we currently have.
From about 1880 through the mid-1920s, America experienced an immigration boom, “the Great Wave,” during which immigration averaged 600,000 annually. This was the period during which the U.S. industrialized, creating a huge demand for factory workers. The demand was filled primarily by European immigrants; particularly, in its second half, with immigrants from southern and eastern Europe.
In 1924 and 1926, partly in response to pressure from labor unions, Congress put in place the first comprehensive quota systems to limit immigration into the U.S. For the next 40 years, from 1925 to 1965, the United States had a relatively restrictive immigration policy, which allowed 200,000 people into the country annually, on average. Demographers sometimes call this period “the Great Pause,” although at the time, most Americans thought of it as permanent.
In 1965, Congress replaced quotas that had favored immigrants from northern and western Europe, with a new, less racially-biased system, that (in theory) allotted immigration slots as a proportion of total world population. This initiated a new phase in immigration policy, in which non-European immigration predominated; with the subsequent emphasis on “family reunification,” immigration from Mexico and the rest of Latin America came to predominate.
http://www.immigrationeis.org/about-ieis/us-immigration-history
In 1924 and 1926, partly in response to pressure from labor unions, Congress put in place the first comprehensive quota systems to limit immigration into the U.S. For the next 40 years, from 1925 to 1965, the United States had a relatively restrictive immigration policy, which allowed 200,000 people into the country annually, on average. Demographers sometimes call this period “the Great Pause,” although at the time, most Americans thought of it as permanent.
In 1965, Congress replaced quotas that had favored immigrants from northern and western Europe, with a new, less racially-biased system, that (in theory) allotted immigration slots as a proportion of total world population. This initiated a new phase in immigration policy, in which non-European immigration predominated; with the subsequent emphasis on “family reunification,” immigration from Mexico and the rest of Latin America came to predominate.
http://www.immigrationeis.org/about-ieis/us-immigration-history
Boohoohoo...only I don't recall where the Statue of Liberty's inscription was made part of the Constitution. Times change. We have enough cab drivers who can't speak English and squeegee men.