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There are over a billion people in India. There are probably more people in India who would like to move to the US than there are people currently in the US. I

• screye 4y ago
  I mean, people aren't asking for infinite slots for Indians. Hell, they aren't even asking for more slots. They are asking for one or multiple of : 1. Use of lapsed green cards slots from other categories to be used for pending green cards. 2. Removal/Relaxing of the 7% rule, which uniquely inconveniences Indians. (If the idea is diversity, then in almost every way India is more diverse than arbitrarily formed culturally homogeneous tiny nations around the world.) 3. More humane work permit rules for those who have a PR in the waiting. Eg: relaxing the insane 60 day unemployment rule, reducing need to restamp visa incredibly often, allowing secondary sources of income or starting a startup. 4. More stable processing times and predictions on how long PR waiting time actually are. Current estimates vary from 20-100 years. That is simply unacceptable as a range.
  • midoridensha 4y ago
    With all this stuff, it sounds like the country is telling you that they don't really want you there. Why do you insist on going someplace where you're not wanted? You're not a citizen, so you don't really have a right to complain about the immigration process. Perhaps look for a country that actually welcomes immigrants?
    • geekasm 4y ago
      I would like the country to be straightfaced and say the same. why beat around the bushes and be indirect about it.
  • refurb 4y ago
    Removal/Relaxing of the 7% rule, which uniquely inconveniences Indians. (If the idea is diversity, then in almost every way India is more diverse than arbitrarily formed culturally homogeneous tiny nations around the world. Everybody loves diversity until it’s not them.
  • chrisbaker98 4y ago
    What's the 7% rule?
    • legolas2412 4y ago
      No country can get more than 7% of the employment or family based green cards.
      • chrisbaker98 4y ago
        Ah I see, so if country A has a million people and country B has a billion people then people from country A have a 1000x higher probability of getting a green card? Now I understand the problem.
        • legolas2412 4y ago
          Yup. Also, that is also just one problem. USA hands out a million green cards, but only 150k for employment based. For all the talks of immigrants bringing skills, we are really not preferred. They'll hand out 50k "diversity visas" by lottery, but God forbid more than 10k indians come into the country for their skills. And even the skills based visas barely prefer more skilled or in demand immigrants. That's what they call "abuse" by H1B/eb1 but also oppose any wage based or PhD preferring rules. Hypocrites hiding their true racist intentions.
• legolas2412 4y ago
  If you are arguing that there are an unsustainable number of employment based green cards being handed out, you could not be more wrong. USA hands out a million green cards every year. But only 150k are employment based. These are capped at 7% for each country. Only 10k out of a million green cards are assigned per year for Indian immigrants based on their employments. For all the talk of meritocracy, looking beyond skin color, and valuing high skilled immigrants, USA definitely has policies that discriminate on national origin and actively encourage low skilled immigration (2 million unauthorized border crossings, policies allowing rampant "abuse" in h1b/eb1c visas whenever high skilled immigrants are concerned, constant opposition to making it easier for PhDs to get a green card or say putting wage rules on h1b/eb1,2,3).
  • Spooky23 4y ago
    Nobody cares about the people. It’s all about money. The H1B, etc mostly protects American workers by discouraging offshoring. The easier path to low skill admission is all about rural interests. We need bodies working farms, we packing meat, etc.
• slim 4y ago
  it’s not like the US owes it to anyone to just let anyone live there just because they’d like to you sure of that ?
  • refurb 4y ago
    Of course. Every country is a sovereign nation and has complete autonomy to run their immigration as they see fit.