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> OK. Let me put it across in a different way then: Why should a person with no or little experience be allowed to take a job which could potentially be used by
by notimetorelax 14y ago
> OK. Let me put it across in a different way then: Why should a person with no or little experience be allowed to take a job which could potentially be used by someone who is a citizen?
How is this different from an American marrying a foreigner who then receives green card and can work wherever? He/she may not have any experience and yet will take over someone else's job. On one hand we have a person with expertise that is in high demand on the other hand we have a citizen who just happened to be born on the USA soil, why should we treat their families differently? Especially that we have confirmed that the former is an asset to the economy.
- eshvk 14y agoYou are comparing apples and oranges: The reason a foreigner who marries an American gets a green card is because it is considered to be a preliminary step for the person who by virtue of marrying a U.S. citizen to acquire citizenship. The second case is of someone who is temporarily in the United States and whose family has an even more tenuous status. Also, a citizen has additional rights and responsibilities: E.g. voting is a right and a responsibility so is selective service. Economic productivity is only part of the civic responsibility of a citizen.
- notimetorelax 14y agoIs there another way for an experienced professional to get into the USA without going through H1B? Again please correct me AFAIK the standard path to citizenship is H1B then green card then citizenship. How many years should you spend in the country before your status changes from temporary to something else? Anyway I respect your opinion and it certainly has merit, the only thing the I want to say is that, as you say, to prevent white collar slavery immigrants must be allowed higher mobility and their spouses independence.