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I'm worried Canada is just going to go the same direction the US went w.r.t. immigrants, just with a delay. Edit: Seems people are misinterpreting what I wrote
by throwaway613834 9y ago
I'm worried Canada is just going to go the same direction the US went w.r.t. immigrants, just with a delay.
Edit: Seems people are misinterpreting what I wrote. I'm referring to the public's view of immigration, not immigration or immigration policy itself.
- nerdponx 9y agoWhat direction is that? Visa abuse by tech employers to bring in highly educated but cheap immigrants, xenophobia by the masses, and wage-enslavement of less-educated immigrants?
- Mikeb85 9y agoGo the same direction? Our (Canada) immigration laws have always been much tougher, and illegal immigration is treated like the crime that it actually is... Not to mention there's very real penalties for hiring workers that aren't legally allowed to work, and the authorities regularly enforce them.
- deadmetheny 9y agoCanada's laws on immigration are sensible. If anything, the USA should be following their lead on actually enforcing the law and bringing the hammer down on people hiring illegal workers.
- sumitgt 9y agoOne important thing that Canada gets right is the process to get PR. If you are well qualified, its dead simple to get a Green Card. As opposed to the US where if you are born from India, you have to wait 15-20 years for a Green Card due to country quotas.
- ng12 9y agoWhat is "wrong" about that? It's a simple reality: there are way more people desiring to immigrate to the USA than the government thinks it can handle.
- sumitgt 9y agoYeah, but why not make it merit based? Currently it uses an arbitrary value of where you are born. This forces people from India to stay on H1-B for 15-20 years, and prevents them from easily changing jobs or opening a business.
- ng12 9y agoThere are lots of merit-based immigration programs (EB1, EB2, EB3, O1, etc). H1-B is a lottery by design; it's supposed to be the "labor pool" visa.
- sumitgt 9y agoI don't think you understand. EB2 actually has per-country caps. Once you are in the Eb2 queue, you have to wait 15-20 years if you were born in India. That is what needs to be fixed. The process should be completely merit based.
- throwaway613834 9y ago> EB2 actually has per-country caps. Once you are in the Eb2 queue, you have to wait 15-20 years if you were born in India. [...] The process should be completely merit based. Because... can I ask why, exactly?
- sumitgt 9y agowhy what? Not sure which part of that quote you are referring to.
- throwaway613834 9y agoI'm asking why you think the immigration process should be merit based. What objective would it optimize for?
- c2h5oh 9y ago