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As an immigrant myself I don't support this bill as this means we will have more green card holders from just two countries, India and China, and hence less div
by chown 7y ago
As an immigrant myself I don't support this bill as this means we will have more green card holders from just two countries, India and China, and hence less diversity.
- sremani 7y agoIf diversity is so dear to you, you must be up in arms about family based immigration, which is much bigger piece of the 1 million GCs and its not that diverse there!
- longstation 7y agoAlso add to your comment, every time this bill comes up in the news, it says people from India and China will benefit from it. But the reality is, only people from India will so because currently the wait time for people born in China is about 4 years, after the bill, for the next 10 years, no GC will be given to people born in China because the long waitlist from India. In fact, no one from China I know supports this bill.
- longstation 7y agoWhy downvote? I am stating the fact. We are discussing the issue, and you should not downvote just because that person is potentially against your interest.
- sieabahlpark 7y agoHN will become the next Reddit with vote manipulation. Even when it's absolutely clear this has major flaws.
- longstation 7y agoYes, and even the "why downvote" comment got yet another downvote.
- camgunz 7y agoThis is a super weird way to think about it. Scenario 1: 10 Indians, 10 Chinese, 10 French, 10 Mexicans Scenario 2: 100 Indians, 100 Chinese, 10 French, 10 Mexicans Both seem pretty diverse to me.
- Konnstann 7y agoWhat do you define as diverse? You wouldn't call a diet that consisted of 90% rice and beans, and 10% whatever else diverse. As opposed to a diet that consisted of 25% rice, 25% beans, 25% leafy greens, 25% meat.
- sv_h1b 7y agoCurrently the diet is 25 grains of rice, 25 chopped pieces of beans, 25 leaves, and 25 cows. Unhealthy? Likely. Unfair? Definitely. The current bill tries to go closer to fairness by weighting based on population. What if there are only 3 countries in the world, US, Lithuania, and Rest? Would you want 50 Lithuanians and 50 rest and call it diverse?
- sieabahlpark 7y agoIt's fair the way it is because it doesn't matter what country the people are from in the first place. I don't know how a monoculture is more diverse in this case. It's backwards to think this is better for the people who are trying to get in from places like Europe or Canada, or even parts of Africa. They're now at the back of the line behind India and China. Nothing about this bill promotes fair diversity, or even diversity itself. Unless you explicitly measure diversity in quantity of melanin in their skin which is racist itself.
- sv_h1b 7y agoOk so what you are saying is that in a 3 country world: US, Lithuania, and Rest, you insist and define 50 Lithuanians and 50 rest is fair, and call out any changes as racist. By your definition, both a toddler and Arnold Schwarzenegger should both get same 2 slices of bread, because it is 'equal' and 'fair'. Anything else would be ageist?