I hope our legal immigration policies get some scrutiny. We do not need any more Muslim Africans or Middle Easterners brought here as “refugees” and then allowed to go directly on state bennies or be supported by mysterious non-profits. These people also get the right to bring in their family members later - including their elderly family members, who of course also qualify for benefits. Obama has expanded this program and actually taken numbers away from other legal immigrants so he can add “diversity” by bringing in these people and others from countries that traditionally had lower quotas. BTW, Bush proposed that this favorable refugee policy, which has been in existence for a long time and only expanded by Obama, be specifically extended to Christians (African and ME Christians, for example, are genuinely persecuted) but this was rejected by the Dems.
Our legal immigration policy should have nothing to do with “diversity.” We need people who have skills we don’t (and this can include the ability to be a laborer, since our native stock seems to have gotten too lazy for this and would rather brew meth) and who really want to get ahead and be part of things, not a bunch of sullen “refugees” who spend the rest of their time here either plotting to kill us or figuring out how they can run welfare scams.
I wish someone would take a look at Mexico’s policy on immigrants and implement some of it here as a start.
From the Law...
“Mexico has a single, streamlined law that ensures that foreign visitors and immigrants are:
1. In the country legally;
2. Have the means to sustain themselves economically;
3. Not destined to be burdens on society;
4. Of economic and social benefit to society;
5. Of good character and have no criminal records; and
6. Contributors to the general well-being of the nation.”
Read a ton more here:
http://mysorebutt.com/immigration-law.php
Chain Migration - which is the official term for extended family immigration - is central to our current predicament.
In 2010, 75% of new Green Cards were issued to family members of recent immigrants.
I support a money based immigration policy.
Applicants should be ranked by salary, with a strictly enforced minimum pay level.
If some American company is willing to pay you $150,000 a year, that’s good enough for me.
If this guy loses his job next year, tough, go home.
Foreign business owners and foreign entrepreneurs would be a more complex issue, but something like a guaranteed, bonded minimum tax contribution each year would be sensible starting point.
If these guys or women can stay above the minimum financial requirements for three years - BINGO - welcome to the USA fellow citizen.