[Dan Evans]

Our immigration policy is upside down: we are overwhelmingly letting in people with little education

Yes. And it used to be the other way around. And at one time I would have agreed with you.

But does it really help us in the long run if we import the cognitive elite of the world? It helps us but it hurts other countries, makes them susceptible to tyrants and revolutionaries that we will have to deal with farther down the road.

I'm thinking we should be more independent of the rest of world.

[chris1]

My thought is that if people want to come here, they should at as minimum have the following:

1. Extensive criminal background check;
2. Work history with verifiable references;
3. Two financial sponosors who will financially guaranty the state's costs if the person goes on the doll or otherwise;
4. An immunization record;
5. Some skill or trade.
6. Demonstrate ability to converse in English


Absent that, we are importing low wage people who drive down wages for entry level jobs that used to go to uneducated American citizens.