The general idea is a good one: The U.S. has interests of its own, and immigration should serve them first and foremost.
The Democrats may insist that "No person is illegal" in front of some audiences, but they have not yet adopted open borders per se in their party platform, and many of their blue-collar and union constituents are very hawkish on immigration, especially illegal immigration.
So many immigration reformers have settled on largely economic metrics for evaluating applicants.
Many countries with the kinds of health-care systems Democrats would like to impose on the country have attempted to address their subsequent physician shortages through immigration rather than, say, paying doctors more.
It's complicated, but the general idea is a good one: The United States has interests of its own, some of those interests are economic, and immigration should serve American interests first and foremost, with humanitarian concerns and other considerations subordinated.
While we should be skeptical of the federal government's ability to fine-tune the labor supply, we should not shy away from asking it to do one of its fundamental jobs and secure the border and the ports of entry - and finally get control of illegal immigration.
The debate on reforming legal immigration would proceed with more ease if the government were to address the lawless conditions at the border, which are a problem in and of themselves and which also diminish its credibility in the broader question of immigration management.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/merit-based-immigration-plan-serves-us-interests/
The Democrats may insist that "No person is illegal" in front of some audiences, but they have not yet adopted open borders per se in their party platform, and many of their blue-collar and union constituents are very hawkish on immigration, especially illegal immigration.
So many immigration reformers have settled on largely economic metrics for evaluating applicants.
Many countries with the kinds of health-care systems Democrats would like to impose on the country have attempted to address their subsequent physician shortages through immigration rather than, say, paying doctors more.
It's complicated, but the general idea is a good one: The United States has interests of its own, some of those interests are economic, and immigration should serve American interests first and foremost, with humanitarian concerns and other considerations subordinated.
While we should be skeptical of the federal government's ability to fine-tune the labor supply, we should not shy away from asking it to do one of its fundamental jobs and secure the border and the ports of entry - and finally get control of illegal immigration.
The debate on reforming legal immigration would proceed with more ease if the government were to address the lawless conditions at the border, which are a problem in and of themselves and which also diminish its credibility in the broader question of immigration management.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/merit-based-immigration-plan-serves-us-interests/
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