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how many immigrants do not find employment due to education/communication/social skills.

• chetanahuja 10y ago
  The US immigration policy is very deliberately focused on giving visas to highly educated people. A large fraction of the visas are actually granted based on immigrants already having job offers. And among the rest who are unemployed, a large fraction is because family members/dependents of, say, H1-B visa holders are not allowed to work by law.
  • mavelikara 10y ago
    > The US immigration policy is very deliberately focused on giving visas to highly educated people. Actually, no. From House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte's press release today [1] announcing the agenda for the 115th Congress: The House Judiciary Committee will also work to improve the legal immigration system. The United States has the most generous legal immigration system in the world. However, we select less than 12% of immigrants on the basis of the education and skills they can bring to America. And it’s only 5% if you exclude their accompanying family members. Other countries, such as Canada, the U.K., and Australia, select over 60% of immigrants based on skills. In order to remain competitive in the global economy, this must change. [1] https://judiciary.house.gov/press-release/goodlatte-announces-agenda-115th-congress/ https://judiciary.house.gov/press-release/goodlatte-announce...