@AmCan 183840 wrote:
skilled immigrants aren’t the problem with H1 visas, but rather the fact that 1) employers lie about whether they can find the local talent 2) that the visa is tied to the employer and not the immigrant, meaning they’re not free to participate in the market. That’s what reduces jobs and brings down wages, this pipeline of cheap replacement workers who have to leave the country if they lose that job. IF the really was a shortage of talent it’s best that the imported workers are free to shop around.
Might not be to wise this day and age to give free rein to those entering the country.
A job taken is a job taken whether it’s tied to the sponsor (employer) or freely found in the classified.
The problem is about 43% are visa overstayers and end up out of the system which puts a strain on state resources which are passed on to those legally in the system. Another issue is they shifted the pool from a set of certain countries to a set of other countries to diverify.
Any of you Reagan fans? He granted amnesty to 3 million illegals in 1986. Are you saying that Obama’s Immigration policy is Reagan Like?
http://www.otisgraham.com/otis_graham_writings/art_ronald_reagans_big_mistake.html
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/immigration/
For Reagan it ended up being roughly 5 million from what I understand, but there were regulations in place but as usual they went unenforced. I’m sure the same will happen when the Dems get control. However, McCain backs the same Bush plan.
Generally when the immigration topic comes up and any of these politian’s use the word “comprehensive” as their first word I’m leary.
I hear that Canada has had a very successful guest worker program for the past 30 years. I’d be interested if anyone from Canada can comment on it. Obama wants to revisit the terms of NAFTA but Canada is not to happy about it.