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Why didn’t Senate Republicans initiate immigration reform with visa reform for skilled, educated immigrants? They should have drafted a bill immediately after the election.
The comprehensive approach requires visas for entrepreneurs to be linked to those of low wage laborers.
Republicans have proposed increasing the number of visas for skilled immigrants by cutting the number available for unskilled immigrants—a trade-off that Democrats oppose.
The United States does not have a specific visa for young entrepreneurs, unlike Canada and Chile.
President Obama and some in Congress have proposed a “start-up visa.” Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies responded to this in the following way to the Post:
“It’s a stupid idea,” said Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports tighter immigration controls. “What is an entrepreneur? Businesses come and go.”
While the Republican Party laments the stupidity of President Obama’s policies and Sen. Rubio works to draft a probably insufficient “comprehensive” immigration bill, China, Canada, and Chile poach our foreign-born graduates:
China has given bonuses of up to $150,000 to thousands of highly skilled expatriates…Chile is luring top talent with $40,000 in capital, free office space and a quick visa through its “Start-up Chile” program…On April 1, Canada plans to launch a start-up visa program giving entrepreneurs immediate permanent residence.
Our graduating immigrants don’t want to go home. They want to invent and work in the United States. Meanwhile, we want their determination and talents for science, math, engineering and technology.
Again, why didn’t the GOP draft a bill expanding the H1-B visa for foreign workers who have started their own businesses? Currently, only employees of U.S. firms are eligible for these, but not those who’ve created their own start-ups.
Instead, we chose to pursue the “comprehensive” approach.
So goes economic innovation. So goes policy innovation.
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mike 3/505| 2.19.13 @ 3:23PM
Republicans have proposed increasing the number of visas for skilled immigrants by cutting the number available for unskilled immigrants—a trade-off that Democrats oppose.
That's because "unskilled," usually translates to "Democrat voter." Generally speaking, people with real, salable skills, above average intelligence and worldly experience, tend to be conservative.
Santiago| 2.19.13 @ 7:32PM
I'm a US citizen with permanent residency in Chile. "Start Up Chile" is a cool idea, and while I'm sure it has caused quite a few ambitious individuals to give Chile serious consideration (currently the Chilean Congress is debating a proposal to allow people to legally form businesses in 1 day), I doubt that it has been directly responsible for more than a handful of permanently successful businesses with foreigners that have long term plans here.
This is not because of any particular fault of the "Start Up Chile" program (to my knowledge), nor due to anything making Chile a harder place to do well in than others (anyone with a decent work ethic and strong idea could give it a shot here), but because Chile's banking sector is very conservative. While their strict standards helped Chile avoid any implosion of its banking or housing industries (unlike the US), it makes it hard and rare for any foreigner to open a bank account until he or she has permanent residency. Without a bank account, it's tough to run a successful business, whether it's part of "Start Up Chile" or not.
Peej| 2.19.13 @ 11:32PM
Thank you for you comment, Santiago. While that and the fact that the United States still has the largest economy in the world explains a slow trickle to Chile, there is no reason why any person should even consider China, Canada, or Chile as compared to the United States. We are the land of opportunity and entrepreneurship. Bureaucracy currently stands in the way of many intelligent inventors. Clearly its simply an obsolete law that must be reformed.
Quartermaster| 2.20.13 @ 8:40AM
I think a minority of immigrant grads want to stay. That used to be teh case, but the Dimocrat Party has gone insane, are ascendant and immigrants looking for freedom know that. With the GOP estabishment acting as their chief enablers, the Dims are driving any sane person away. The US is, at best, partially free, and a lot of teh countries those people come from are in the same boat. Why stay among strangers when you can get at least an equivalent situation where you are from and have to make few adaptations to live?
Mike W| 2.20.13 @ 9:12AM
Of all the immigration angles, TAS feels like they have to cover STEM immigrants. Insane.
We have nut cases like John McCain trying to end the USA as we know it and all we can talk about is this.
TAS has been completely AWOL on this huge issue. I recommend Laura Ingraham. She is by far the best of all talk radio on the biggest threat facing this country today.
buckeyeman| 2.20.13 @ 9:43AM
When I graduated from high school in 1968 the US population was 200 million. Now it's 300 million and growing rapidly. We don't need a population density of Calcutta.
Look, we don't need "unskilled" immigrants but we don't need "skilled" immigrants either. Just stop immigration and DEPORT the illegals. Of course that wouldn't work unless we stop paying americans to sit on their @$$es. None of this will happen. We are screwed until the economy implodes and after that it's anybody's guess.
Dai Alanye | 2.20.13 @ 6:38PM
Each and every immigrant--skilled or unskilled, talented or untalented, bright or dull--means one less job for Americans in these hard times, and one more possible recipient of welfare.
Immigration should be halted immediately and totally, with no exceptions allowed.