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>My grandparents were all immigrants who didn't need to jump through hoops to come in. IMO, this should still be possible. I think we should have a open lottery

• maerch 12y ago
  Yes, but it is tedious. It takes about two years (this October you applied for 2016) and your winning chances are between 1 and 2%.
• k-mcgrady 12y ago
  Yes but it's very difficult to win. There are two 'rounds'. You have about a 1% chance of winning round one and then a 50% chance of an interview (which you must pass). It's a route I've tried 6 times now with no luck (and it's an annual event).
• Spooky23 12y ago
  Yes, but the quotas are too low. We literally have 5 million Mexicans living in the US as second class people without access to worker protections and other institutional things. It's a situation that shouldn't exist. My grandparents came here in the 1930's and 1940's. In those days, entry was pretty trivial. No reason why it shouldn't be that way again.
  • mahyarm 12y ago
    The sad reason why is the welfare state. It didn't exist back then so it didn't cost that much to accept immigrants. Low skill immigrants cost a lot unless you do the second class mexican thing unfortunately, then they're cheap!