right now there are many high-skill immigrants that are begging to come to the US and we don't let them some day we'll beg them to come and they won't want to this is an important-but-not-urgent policy disaster, and worse than it seems

Aug 2, 2022 · 1:30 PM UTC

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The game is to control labor costs. Don’t let doctors from other countries practice because that brings healthcare costs down. Let tech workers come because Americans want to study liberal arts or quit their jobs for travel.
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Simply just grant current STEM PHD students working visa
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The hoops immigrants have to jump through have increased manifold during the pandemic. wbur.org/news/2022/03/11/ind…

Visa renewal backlogs leave some Mass. workers torn between work and family

Thousands of working professionals are authorized to work and live in the U.S., but their work visas have expired. The pandemic has complicated the once simple process of returning home to renew,...

wbur.org
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luckily smart people like @lisawehden and @minney_cat are working on this!
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Rajesh Kanna @vrajeshkanna1
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Meanwhile, Indians who wait for their VISA stamping 😤
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All the unicorns coming from China & India recently could have been US companies. The immigration rules need a major overhaul.
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There are already highly educated, productive, and affluent US citizens investing in obtaining second passports in case they need to leave what they perceive as a sinking ship. The other side of a sad coin.
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It's not just your immigration policies that are on the way. I would not bring my family to the US before you reform your gun control policies.
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I don't see too many other countries that can really compete with the US for highly educated immigrants though... Canada and Australia maybe, but the market in these countries is too small compared to the US, and wages are lower (at least in Canada)...
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