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Time to STEM The Visa Lottery?

bot_feeder Wrote: Dec 03, 2012 2:36 PM

Well, that is the Libertarian position, that open-borders are beneficial to society but that first all government social programs must be eliminated so that the people that come will be ones that come to contribute to society rather than to take from it. I sincerely doubt Libertarianism will ever win more than about 5% support among the public. But, go for it. If you can win the hearts and minds of the public to abolish all social programs then I will not object to an open-borders immigration policy.

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Time to STEM The Visa Lottery?

Immigration is often portrayed as a complex issue. In reality, it really comes down to two simple questions:

1. How many immigrants should we allow into this country?

2. How should decide how to select those immigrants?

Currently, America accepts over one million permanent legal immigrants and nearly as many temporary workers each year. Most of these immigrants are not selected based upon their skills or what they will contribute to this country, but through the process of family reunification. I suspect that many who claim that immigration is complicated do so because...

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