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"The openness of the United States population to immigration.." What did you mean, that the people are open to immigration? Then maybe. But if you are talking

"The openness of the United States population to immigration.." What did you mean, that the people are open to immigration? Then maybe. But if you are talking about govt. policy, this is not correct. The united states is not at all open to immigration.

anamax 16y ago
> The united states is not at all open to immigration. It's not open to all immigration, which is different. IMHO, it would be much easier to get founder's visas and the like if they weren't tied (by their advocates) to allowing mass immigration of low-income folk.
tokenadult 16y ago
The united states is not at all open to immigration. Well, since I'm living with a counterexample right in my own home, I'd certainly expect you to come forward with more evidence than that to back up such a broad assertion. First of all, what example do you have in mind of a country that is much more open to immigration than the United States is? What are the rules on immigration in that country? More to the point of the submitted article, which is an interesting restatement of the usual views of Vivek Wadhwa, where is the evidence that the United States lacks for visas to be offered to highly inventive, entrepreneurial people from China or from India? What country in the world does better than the United States in bringing in immigrants with those characteristics? (Yes, I used to be an immigration lawyer, although I have not practiced in that area of law in recent years.)
chc 16y ago
US immigration policy isn't perfect, but it's far more liberal than most countries I know of. And I haven't looked at the numbers to verify this, but my general sense of the world would lead me to believe that the US gets a lot more applicants than any other single country, which makes its situation more difficult than theirs.

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"The openness of the United States population to immigration.." What did you mean, that the people are open to immigration? Then maybe. But if you are talking

by bluishgreen 16y ago

anamax 16y ago
> The united states is not at all open to immigration. It's not open to all immigration, which is different. IMHO, it would be much easier to get founder's visas and the like if they weren't tied (by their advocates) to allowing mass immigration of low-income folk.
tokenadult 16y ago
The united states is not at all open to immigration. Well, since I'm living with a counterexample right in my own home, I'd certainly expect you to come forward with more evidence than that to back up such a broad assertion. First of all, what example do you have in mind of a country that is much more open to immigration than the United States is? What are the rules on immigration in that country? More to the point of the submitted article, which is an interesting restatement of the usual views of Vivek Wadhwa, where is the evidence that the United States lacks for visas to be offered to highly inventive, entrepreneurial people from China or from India? What country in the world does better than the United States in bringing in immigrants with those characteristics? (Yes, I used to be an immigration lawyer, although I have not practiced in that area of law in recent years.)
chc 16y ago
US immigration policy isn't perfect, but it's far more liberal than most countries I know of. And I haven't looked at the numbers to verify this, but my general sense of the world would lead me to believe that the US gets a lot more applicants than any other single country, which makes its situation more difficult than theirs.