> The entire point should be about bringing valuable future citizens in to the country, and the program should definitely be a strong path to citizenship. For

> The entire point should be about bringing valuable future citizens in to the country, and the program should definitely be a strong path to citizenship. For what is worth, not everyone who wants to live and work in the long term in the US wishes to become a US citizen. A lot of us would be happy with an easier path to permanent residence (green card), which would solve the problem of being "able to leave for other employment". Also, from the point of view of US citizens who favor stricter immigration, it can be argued that simply making it easier for people to become US citizens doesn't solve the (real or perceived) problem of depressed salaries or higher unemployment rate due to the increased labour pool.