Why Legal Immigration Is Impossible for Nearly Everyone - eviltoast

There is an illustrated flowchart for various pathways to legal immigration in the U.S.

  • Makeitstop@lemmy.world
    11·
    10 months ago

    I’ve worked with a lot of IT contractors who were based in India, as well as other Asian and eastern European countries. You’d think the government would want the people doing those jobs to be here, where they would be paying US taxes, and recirculating their pay into our economy. If anything, you’d expect them to make it harder to outsource and easier to immigrate.

    • JoBo@feddit.uk
      10·
      10 months ago

      It depends who you think the govt is working for. It is not you or me. It is Money. And Money loves immigrant labour as long as the immigrants don’t have any rights. Because the reason it loves immigrant labour is that it is much easier to exploit. This article does a good job of illustrating that: The fishermen

      On November 22, Joanne circulated a letter among the migrant crew. “I have been made aware the crew members are contacting an outside representative,” it read, possibly referencing a call Quezon made to Stella Maris seeking help for Susada. “I am also aware that crew members have been leaving their port without permission or making our office aware. Sadly the actions by these crew members are beginning to ruin the trust and faith we have placed in our Filipino crew.” It concluded by noting they would make reports to local police and UK immigration authorities “if necessary”.