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In recent news relating to immigration entrepreneurs investors and business leaders are pushing to get a comprehensive bill passed including help for highly skilled and educated immigrant to come the the U.S. and work. This group is setting up a "virtual march" on Washington, this will involve educating as many people as possible about the economic benefits of allowing these immigrants in. Many of these people believe that there aren't enough highly skilled Americans for jobs like computer engineering and software development for the growing demand. Proposals for legislation from both the republican and democratic lawmakers have been brought up in the past few years. These proposals were narrow in scope intentionally with the hope that they would not be entangled with more controversial topics like boarder control. A comprehensive bill now seems very possible with many republicans having to reconsider their stance on immigration reform due to President Obama's overwhelming support from the Latino community this past election, according to the article. Recently a bipartisan group of senators, "Gang of Eight", has developed an outline for a proposal for a "far-reaching immigration plan" of which the details have not yet been revealed.
In your opinion why do you think we should, or should not, allow highly skilled and educated immigrants into the United States and should there be restrictions in place if they are allowed in? Do you think that these immigrants will benefit our economy if allowed entrance? Why or why not?
I think that if we allow only "skilled" or highly educated immigrants into our country than that seems like discrimination against the other immigrants that wish to come into the United States. If you legally come to the United States there should be no limits, but illegal immigrants should probably have limits if they are here, since they aren't technically supposed to be here. I don't think they will make a significant benefit to our economy because, yes we will have new laborers and people to work for us, but in America we are supposed to pay minimum wage and not treat people unequally here. So I think it would basically make things a lot more complicated.
ReplyDeleteI believe that there should be restrictions on immigration in America. I would like to see a limit to how many immigrants are allowed into America because if we continue without any limitations it could lead to over-population. The immigrants could help our economy in the short run, but immigration has changed over the last hundred years, if there aren't any limitations it could also lead to extreme poverty which would not help the economy.
ReplyDeleteIf an immigrant is highly skilled he may be more favored to let into the country but like Sasha said, if we only allow highly skilled immigrants into America, it does seem like discrimination towards all other immigrants.
I think that there should be restrictions on the immigration in America because, like what Sasha said if only skilled immigrants are let into America then that is discrimination to other immigrants that are trying to migrate to America. I agree that whether you come to America legally or illegally then I think there should be limits and restrictions. But, if highly skilled immigrants are let into the country I don't think this will benefit our economy because they are to be treated equal with everyone else and I don't think that just because they are immigrants that have a certain skill that they should be treated special or favored.
ReplyDeleteI beleive that highly trained and skilled immigrants should be allowed to emigrate to the United States. But, this brings up many questions. First, how do we know that these immigrants were trained to United States standards? I beleive that a standard for one country is most likely different from that of another country. Therefore, before an immigrant is allowed access to the United States,there should be investigation into the general work and education guidlines of their country, and their desired feild of work. Secondly, in response to Sasha, how will other immigrants act towards this motion? This needs to be considered becuase many will feel discriminated against. Like any other group that has felt this way in the past, such as the African American population in the 1960's, there could be rebellion against the government. This could potentially outweigh any of the benefits absorbed by the working immigrants. Also on this issue, I do beleive that there should be limitations to the immigrants let into the United States. I think that what the United States has done in the past for accepting immigants is lovely. I mean, this is how my family got here. But, we cannot let an innumerable amount of people into the United States. And, as a benefit to our economy, we should give priority to those who can work and fill jobs needed to keep the country in good finances. On the other hand, I do beleive though that there should be space left open for refugees, or other immigrants in need.
ReplyDeleteI think that highly skilled immigrants should be allowed into the country if they go through the same procedures as unskilled legal immigrants. However, I do not believe that highly skilled immigrants should not get preferential treatment over unskilled immigrants because like other people have said, that would seem like discrimination. I also do not think that the admittance of these highly skilled immigrants will help the economy because it will be discouraging to highly skilled Americans if these immigrants are taking their jobs. However, in the perspective of highly skilled immigrants, it would be bad to be highly skilled and live in a country where you cannot use your skills.
ReplyDeleteIn your opinion why do you think we should, or should not, allow highly skilled and educated immigrants into the United States and should there be restrictions in place if they are allowed in? Do you think that these immigrants will benefit our economy if allowed entrance? Why or why not?
ReplyDeleteI think we should allow highly skilled immigrants into the United States because I think it will be very beneficial to our economy. Even though they will take the job of an American citizens it will still help improve our country. I do think that there should be restrictions in order for these highly-skilled immigrants to come into the U.S. The government should run a background check for safety matters and they should have a certain degree. A background check is necessary because we need to make sure these immigrants are safe to work at important jobs. Also they should have a good education and degree so they fit the standards and do their job that they are assigned. I certainly think that these immigrants will benefit our country because they can help us improve on technology, health and business etc. We should allow highly-skilled immigrants into our country because they will help be very beneficial in improving our country and making it more stable.
While I think that our country would benefit from allowing the immigration of highly-skilled immigrants, Sasha makes a good point of the discrimination from that. America is a country with freedom and democracy, and while immigration needs to be controlled, and the number of immigrants allowed into the country a year I feel should decreased, who is let into the country shouldn't be chosen based off of skills. People from all over, immigrate to America following the American Dream, so why shouldn't one person less qualified to have a science profession be denied that right? The restrictions on immigration though should become stricter in my opinion to control population, and over crowding in cities that draw citizens and immigrants alike. Skill level shouldn't determine who is allowed to follow the American Dream easier than the next person, and America in my opinion will benefit either way from the diversity and skills of immigrants.
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