But that would still be an increase on the one million or so legal immigrants we admit each year. I’m not talking about the number of illegal aliens who make it in each year, just legal levels. It would go from approximately 65,000 H1B visas a year to 325,000, an increas of 260,000 legal immigrants per year.
I commend Cruz for being consistenly good on illegal immigration. He does not support a path to citizenship, which is great. I think allowing (most of) them to stay will eventually make citizenship inevitable (afterall, who but a latino-hating racist would want to deny a legalized illegal full citizenship...is what you’d hear about 5 seconds after a legalization-without-citizenship-bill is signed into law), but I’ll give Cruz the benefit of the doubt in thinking that he thinks that can be avoided.
But as to H1B visas again. If Cruz thinks we needs such a massive increase so much (despite their being no real shortage of such workers and graduates),then why not call for the increase against a decrease elsewhere? Why not call for abolishhing Ted Kennedy’s absurd Diversity Lottery visas? That’s 50,000 a year right there? Why not call for drastic reductions in refugee and asylum visas? That would lessen our chances of getting scum like the Boston Marathon bommbers or the wannabe Somali jihadists out of Minnesota. Why not cut of chain migration by restricting family based visas to spouses and minor children? My point is, there are a lot of places that could be cut to make way for the additional H1B visas Cruz thinks we are in such dire need of. Why does it always have to be more overall?
“Why does it always have to be more overall?”
It doesn’t, and you have some good suggestions on how to get there.
Go here and let em know.
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=email_senator
Aetius, the reality is far worse than you understand.
There are at least 500,000 H1-B’s currently in the country.
Once issued, an H1-B is almost automatically renewed for six years.
In addition, H1-B’s that work for non-profit labs, universities, or any government agency do not count against the quota. And, they can renew for up to 10 years!
In addition, foreigners who obtain a STEM Ph.D can routinely stay and work in the USA for up to six years. They do not count against the H1-B quota, either.
Foreigners with STEM B.S. degrees can LEGALLY stay and work up to three years disguised as “interns” and “students.”
Tragically, only completely average Ph.D's from India, China, Russia, etc., stay in the USA. Elite Ph.D's from western Europe, Japan, and Canada-Aus-NZ, return to their home countries because the pay and standard of living are the same or better than the USA.
For those who think I'm troll, here's the You Tube video of Cruz submitting an Amendment to the Gang of Eight Amnesty that calls for a 5X increase in H1-B visas...