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> The US immigration policy is very deliberately focused on giving visas to highly educated people. Actually, no. From House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob G
by 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...