Why The United States Should Treat Immigration like A Job Interview

1. Such a policy would not mean that immigrants must come from societies embodying these ideals; one reason immigrants might be seeking entrance to the United States in the first place is disagreement with their home countries’ cultures, politics, and institutions.
2. We cannot have a standard that allows immigrants to enter our country on the claim of economic or social refugee status if they could land in a city worse than from where they came—not because it’s unfair, but because it entirely undermines the claim of refugee status.
3. We should ask if applicants fit the precise definition of “refugee.” If so, we will need to evaluate the appropriate role for the United States in admitting refugees relative to other countries doing the same.
4. Immigration policy other than refugee assistance should be about improving the United States.
5. Immigration policy must certainly be viewed in a different light than employment overall, but we must be careful that we don’t define “refugee” so broadly that it is disproportionally weighted against all the other values we should consider.
6. Indeed, some applicants whose primary concerns are economic hardship or political instability come from countries with lower crime or poverty rates than the most depressed environments within the United States today.
7. While technical qualifications and cultural fit are legitimate considerations in the realm of immigration policy, one additional concern is the laudable and longstanding U.S. policy of accepting refugees.

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