Immigration Quotas Are the Target of Newly Introduced Legislation
Recently we have seen legislation passed by the House of Representatives that is geared towards eliminating the quotas put on individual countries regarding the number of green cards which might be issued to people from that specific country. The program, as it stands, has a limit on the total amount of green cards which may be issued in one year.
Individual countries are assigned a percentage of that final amount. Large countries, like India and China, each receive seven-percent of the final amount of green cards. Smaller countries obtain a smaller percentage of the whole.
The drawback with the program is that the percentages that are assigned are not in accordance with the population of the countries, nor would they go through the demand differences. Some countries, such as India, have a high number of people who want green cards, and they're an incredibly large country. Even though they get 7% of all green cards issued, that isn't nearly enough to take care of demand, so the waiting list of applicants from there can be as long as 7 years.
Smaller countries, for instance Bulgaria, get a smaller number of the complete green cards issued. However, there is also a much smaller need for green cards per capita from their country. As a result, smaller countries have waiting lists of only a few months.
The recent legislation that seeks to eliminate the quotas would put all applicants into one pool. The result would be only one waiting line for everybody. The waiting time for each applicant will basically become the average waiting time of those waiting, today. People from large countries will see a measurable decrease in their waiting time, and those from small countries will be a fairly dramatic increase in their waiting time.
This legislation is well-liked by the larger countries and opposed by the smaller countries. There is also opposition from a coalition of law-makers who only want comprehensive immigration reform. They oppose any small laws aimed at the larger issues of immigration.
The author thinks that the immigration issue is not one issue. Immigration is actually many disconnected issues that must be dealt with one issue at-a-time. To answer those who want one solution to the immigration problems facing our country, it seems unlikely that one solution exists.
A good starting point for change is some guidance and leadership concerning the immigration issue. The only way to make changes overall situation is to start to divide up the concerns into manageable pieces, and address each one individually.
Individual countries are assigned a percentage of that final amount. Large countries, like India and China, each receive seven-percent of the final amount of green cards. Smaller countries obtain a smaller percentage of the whole.
The drawback with the program is that the percentages that are assigned are not in accordance with the population of the countries, nor would they go through the demand differences. Some countries, such as India, have a high number of people who want green cards, and they're an incredibly large country. Even though they get 7% of all green cards issued, that isn't nearly enough to take care of demand, so the waiting list of applicants from there can be as long as 7 years.
Smaller countries, for instance Bulgaria, get a smaller number of the complete green cards issued. However, there is also a much smaller need for green cards per capita from their country. As a result, smaller countries have waiting lists of only a few months.
The recent legislation that seeks to eliminate the quotas would put all applicants into one pool. The result would be only one waiting line for everybody. The waiting time for each applicant will basically become the average waiting time of those waiting, today. People from large countries will see a measurable decrease in their waiting time, and those from small countries will be a fairly dramatic increase in their waiting time.
This legislation is well-liked by the larger countries and opposed by the smaller countries. There is also opposition from a coalition of law-makers who only want comprehensive immigration reform. They oppose any small laws aimed at the larger issues of immigration.
The author thinks that the immigration issue is not one issue. Immigration is actually many disconnected issues that must be dealt with one issue at-a-time. To answer those who want one solution to the immigration problems facing our country, it seems unlikely that one solution exists.
A good starting point for change is some guidance and leadership concerning the immigration issue. The only way to make changes overall situation is to start to divide up the concerns into manageable pieces, and address each one individually.
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