The goal of U.S. immigration policy should be to find Americans who happen to have been born abroad, and bring them home.
I think about this all of the time. A stroke of luck or my parents pursuing their dream, whatever it was, I am very aware of the privilege. The comments I have been reading on Instagram about the raids in LA are appalling, when people like @rickcarusola and other lawmakers are asking for sensible reform. I went to a school in El Paso where they tau... See more
instagram.comThe U.S. can still nudge people toward careers that are more aligned with our national interests. For example, our government could subsidize education for students who pursued preferred fields of study or offer expedited citizenship for immigrants with the right certifications.
Nick deWilde • Do we owe our careers to our country?
By the 1960s the Cold War had become a national obsession. American superiority over the Soviet Union was measured by every conceivable scorecard: votes in the United Nations, comparisons of gross national product, medals won in the Olympics, shifting maps of small Third World countries. Now President Lyndon B. Johnson was aiming to import the tale
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Previous legislation had given first preference to relatives of Americans, with small occupation-based quotas. But the 1952 law had turned that practice on its head. First preference was now going to those with skills "urgently needed in the United States." Fifty percent of each nation's quota was set aside for these professionals. Doctor
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