US to hike H1B visas, merit will count for green cards

[JDPriestly]

71. It isn't a matter of "coming first." It's a matter of the responsibility and duty of the

American government to provide equal opportunity to Americans.

The special visas give priority and preference to non-Americans who are not covered by the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

We do not owe equality or a fair chance to children from India or China until they come here and reside here. We have no obligation to give them preferences for jobs that Americans could be trained to do.

If nothing other than an accident of birth makes you an American, maybe you should think about trying another country. I lived in other countries. It opens your eyes about what it means to be a citizen and what it means not to be a citizen.

We still live in nation-states.

Only the mega-corporations live in many countries at once.

Even people with dual citizenship can only be in one place at at time.

I agree with those who suggest that if we are going to make special work visas available to foreign nationals, we should forgive all student debts. What hope is there for American students, what incentive, if a student from India who owes very little debt for his education, can come here an work for less than the American students need to repay their debts and live?

These visas are truly anti-American, and I do not say that lightly because I remember the days of the House Unamerican Activities Committee and McCarthy. It was shameful.

But these visas are truly anti-American.