President Kennedy who created a jobs and wages boom in the 1960s. ........................................ He sure did, it was called Berlin and Cuba. A lot of us guys got jobs paying $71 a day, but it was only once a month. LBJ got us jobs also, another 250,000+ I’m sure.
Millennials, GenXYZ, and everyone else can't replace the loss of the boomers in the workforce, and politicians are panicking over the collapse of these systems on their watch and the impact it will have on their fortunes.
-PJ
The EB-5 program isn’t merit based unless you think merit is something you can buy.
America doesn’t need to let people buy legal status just to get access to their capital. There’s plenty of capital floating around this country already.
If we want to encourage investment in disadvantaged areas we can do that via favorable tax treatment, etc. We don’t need to sell legal immigration status.
In a merit system we should look to encourage people who can provide ideas, energy and entrepreneurial initiative, not just wealthy people who have already built something elsewhere and may be heading into retirement.
For our country to grow we need smart, motivated and educated young people who are going to create their wealth here.
Trump right on. Would be great for America. Legislation will have to be before the House goes communists Democratic. Not much time and might have to wait a couple of years if we get back the House and keep the Senate. Including Trump reelection.
From my immigration reform prioposal on my home page here:
SEC. ???? Personal Rating Factor.
(a) The Secretary of HS shall create an Internet/computer-based system
(1) allowing the entry of application information including web links, pictures, document scans and performance videos, and
(2) permitting USCIS/Department of State personnel to individually confirm the examination of information and to enter point scores and their identity.
(b) reserved.
(c) a Personal Rating Factor for a person shall not be computed by USCIS until the system of (a) is operational and
(1) an I-129, I-130 or I-140 petition for the person has been filed, and
(2) a $700 Personal Rating Fee has been paid in a manner the Secretary of USCIS shall specify.
(d) reserved.
(e) The Education Factor shall be the sum, rounded to a whole number and limited to no more than 10, of the following point factors
where each point factor is multiplied by a specific USCIS assigned institution (or master) quality percentage or
reduced by 20% if the institution is government-run or
reduced by 50% plus up to 5% for each minute spent by USCIS trying to verify its/his/her existence:
(1) BA or BS degree or equal: 4 points
(2) masters degree or equal: 1 point
(3) doctorate or equal: 3 points
(4) top degree is in chemistry, medicine, electrical/petroleum/aeronautical/mechanical engineering: 5 points
(5) a degree/certificate is in performance, fine or applied art: 4 points
(6) apprentice/vocational school certificate: 4 points
(7) additional significant vocational certificate/qualification: 2 points
(8) played sports for three or more years at a school team level: 2 points
USCIS institution quality ranking percentages below 80% shall be official use only information.
The USCIS shall require associated documentation be appropriately provided, such as transcripts, diplomas, yearbooks, etc.
(f) The Skills Factor shall be the sum, limited to no more than 20,
of the following point factors, with those for language skills to be based on USCIS/Department of State (contractor/trusted partner) evaluation or transcripts:
(1) fluent to Interagency Language Roundtable scale of at least 3 in English: 6 points
[An Interagency Language Roundtable scale of 3 is the level most of the better domestic American learners of a foreign language achieve.]
(2) also fluent to Interagency Language Roundtable scale of at least 3 in one of the following languages
(A) Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian/Serbian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Hungarian, Modern Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian, Welsh,
(B) Afrikaans, Akan-Twi, Amharic, Chichewa, Fula, Hausa, Kikongo-Kongo, Lingala, Luganda, Swahili, Somali, Xhosa, Standard Yoruba, Zulu,
(C) Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Chechen, Dari/Farsi, Georgian, Hebrew, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Pashto, Tajik, Turkish, Turkmen, Uzbek,
(D) Bengali, Burmese, Cantonese, Gujarati, Hindi, Hmong-Mong, Indonesian/Malay, Japanese, Kashimiri, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Malayalam, Mandarin, Mongolian, Nepali, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, Vietnamese: 5 points each.
(3) copy of a USCIS recognized medical care license or
of applicant’s certificate from the Commission of Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) provided: 2 points
(4) legally allowed to be a doctor/nurse practitioner and prescribe in the US: 15 points
(5) US legally recognized medically related skills (18 months or more of education typically required) and
has agreed with the USCIS to only practice in areas outside metropolitan areas in the lower 48 or Alaska: 5 points
(6) proven specialized knowledge of foreign law, with at least four years of education & professional paid experience: 13 points
(7) proven professional paid experience in foreign corporate level tax law: 3 points per year of experience, maximum 15 points
(8) proven professional paid applied/performance art experience, with samples to USCIS satisfaction, of at least two years: 12 points
(g) The Travel History Factor shall be the sum, limited to no more than 4,
of the following point factors, based on consulate examination of applicant passport(s) and old tickets:
(1) one point for each continent not of the passport country traveled to, 4 points maximum
(2) passport renewed or over four years old at time of application: 3 points
(h) The Positions/Assets Held Factor shall be the sum, limited to no more than 10,
of the following point factors:
(1) professionally paid years in current/recent field divided by four, 3 points maximum
(2) managerial position currently/recently held for over two years: 3 points
(3) professor at a college or university: 3 points
(4) high-skilled technical or artistic position held: 5 points
(5) employment history without undue gaps and to at least reasonable educational (or its income) expectation: 5 points
(6) self-employed and self-supporting for over three years: 5 points
(7) had more than one employee on payroll for over four years: 5 points
(8) has at least $200,000 in financial account assets: 1 point per $100,000 or ~equal
The USCIS shall require documentation to its satisfaction, such as copies of business licenses, bank statements, tax statements, pay stubs, etc.
(i) The Income Factor shall be the income in two years out of the last five filed
based on official copies of tax returns divided
by an estimate of country per capita income reasonable to use,
rounded to an integer number and limited to no more than 5.
(j) The Employer Factor shall be the sum, limited to no more than 14,
of the following point factors:
(1) The Sponsored Person’s Education Factor is at least 3 and the Employer is a USCIS-listed, US-accredited degree-granting institution: 9 points
(2) Employer is over four years old with over $100,000 in US FICA & Medicare tax paid: 5 points
(3) US/foreign employer is in a technical field, software factor: 2 points each: rare, employer proprietary, novel
(4) US/foreign employer is in a technical field, other factors: 3 points each: one of a few in industry, niche supplier, complex technology, R&D (patent) dependent
(5) pay of best paid employee, as per employer certification: 3 points: top tax bracket; 2 points: within 10% of top tax bracket; 1 point: just above lowest tax bracket
(k) Patents & Publications & Performances Factor shall be the sum, limited to no more than 25,
of the following point factors:
(1) US/EU/Japanese/Chinese utility patent issued: 5 points
(2) US/EU/Japanese/Chinese utility patent renewed: 7 points
(3) listed inventor on multiple US/EU/Japanese/Chinese utility patents issued: 5 points
(4) listed inventor on the molecular structure patent issued for a blockbuster or FDA breakthrough or orphan drug: 20 points
(5) substantial article in a USCIS listed engineering/medical/science journal: 1 point per article, up to 10 points
(6) author of a printed book, with royalty income of over $10,000 in the US, Canada & B-2 visa waiver countries: 6 points
(7) author of a printed book, with royalty income of over $50,000 in the US, Canada & B-2 visa waiver countries: 6 points
(8) author (or one of a group, listed on the cover or table of contents) of a printed college-level/trade school textbook: 6 points
(9) author (or one of a group, listed on the cover or table of contents) of a printed college-level technical specialist book: 6 points
(10) highly skilled artist/musician: 10 points
(11) leading artist/performer by affiliation/sales/work/reputation: 20 points
(12) leading artisan by affiliation/sales/work/reputation: 12 points
(13) highly skilled mechanic (motor vehicle, construction/farm vehicle, aircraft,
factory tooling/automation): 2 points per year of paid experience, up to 8 points
The book(s) must have been sold a substantial number of times according to popular market platform websites.
Points shall be awarded only with appropriate patent identification(s), website links, samples, sales material, demonstrations, videos, pay stubs, tax/royalty statement(s), official copies of tax returns, etc.
(l) Personality and Cultural (US/native) Appreciation Evaluation Factor, up to 12, for official use only,
that may be substantially subjective, that is the lowest score of two interviews, one soft-style, one pointed, each style to be described upfront
Each interview shall use a mix of questions that are standardized, interviewer specific and made up on the fly/based on current events.
(m) reserved.
(n) The Personal Rating Factor shall be the sum of the Factors of (e) through (l).
[Getting into the USA will be very much like getting a job, with an application and interviews.]