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America actually has a pretty liberal immigration policy. The crackdown is on people who do not use the immigration system.

macintux 7y ago
I’ll believe the crackdown is strictly about illegal immigration when our First Lady is shown the door.
- sanxiyn 7y ago
  Why would First Lady be shown the door? Isn't marriage visa legal? I am in favor of prosecuting past visa violations but don't see the problem with current status.
  - macintux 7y ago
    https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/melania-trump-immigration-donald-226648 https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/melania-trump-immigra...
gigatexal 7y ago
I’m second generation Indian-American. It took my uncles and aunties 10-years plus to become citizens. That’s horribly inefficient. I like Canada’s system where if you can prove you can start a business and employ some locals you get a visa.
- freyr 7y ago
  That’s because there’s currently a queue of many hundreds of thousands of Indians applying for green cards and citizenship. It’s not inefficiency, it’s the system working as designed: controlled flow of immigration, and a chance for people from many countries to immigrate. Trump’s immigration plan (calling it a plan is generous) would get rid of per-country quotas in favor of a points-based system. It would probably be good for primary applicants, but bad for their parents, aunties, and uncles.
  - gigatexal 7y ago
    Well, my aunties and uncles filled jobs that might have gone undone as they were getting acclimated and integrating. They cleaned offices, worked at convienence stores, eventually went to school and became accountants and engineers. The falling birth rate means immigration needs to increase and people need their families for some normalcy. A PHD who can’t come and live with her family in the states will take a post at a tech accelerator in Paris if they offer to sponsor her family as well. Again, talent is the new oil and the US can’t afford to lose that battle if it wants to stay relevant.
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macintux 7y ago

I’ll believe the crackdown is strictly about illegal immigration when our First Lady is shown the door.

sanxiyn 7y ago
Why would First Lady be shown the door? Isn't marriage visa legal? I am in favor of prosecuting past visa violations but don't see the problem with current status.
- macintux 7y ago
  https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/melania-trump-immigration-donald-226648 https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/melania-trump-immigra...

gigatexal 7y ago

I’m second generation Indian-American. It took my uncles and aunties 10-years plus to become citizens. That’s horribly inefficient. I like Canada’s system where if you can prove you can start a business and employ some locals you get a visa.

freyr 7y ago
That’s because there’s currently a queue of many hundreds of thousands of Indians applying for green cards and citizenship. It’s not inefficiency, it’s the system working as designed: controlled flow of immigration, and a chance for people from many countries to immigrate. Trump’s immigration plan (calling it a plan is generous) would get rid of per-country quotas in favor of a points-based system. It would probably be good for primary applicants, but bad for their parents, aunties, and uncles.
- gigatexal 7y ago
  Well, my aunties and uncles filled jobs that might have gone undone as they were getting acclimated and integrating. They cleaned offices, worked at convienence stores, eventually went to school and became accountants and engineers. The falling birth rate means immigration needs to increase and people need their families for some normalcy. A PHD who can’t come and live with her family in the states will take a post at a tech accelerator in Paris if they offer to sponsor her family as well. Again, talent is the new oil and the US can’t afford to lose that battle if it wants to stay relevant.
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