> it seems equally hard for a day-labourer as a top-notch scientist to get in A day laborer would probably have the easier time, if he has family in the US. Th

> it seems equally hard for a day-labourer as a top-notch scientist to get in A day laborer would probably have the easier time, if he has family in the US. The US system is a relic of a past era when the goal was quickly integrating hordes of unskilled laborers fresh off the boat. Speaking as a highly educated Canadian, I would sooner go anywhere else in the developed world before subjecting myself to US Immigration.