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ronpaulhawaii
09-14-2010, 12:00 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/opinion/14orrenius.html


...There is a better way. Provisional work-based visas, sponsored by employers and valid as long as the holder has a job, should replace green cards as the primary path to legal immigration. These visas should not be subject to country quotas and should be open-ended, so that people who don’t seek permanent residency will not get kicked out of the country, as happens now.

The visas would be “portable” — that is, the holder wouldn’t be tied to one employer — to ensure that workers are treated fairly. But because these visas would be tied to employment, immigrants would have to leave the country if the economy deteriorated and they couldn’t find work

In place of our current system’s lotteries and “first-come, first-served” policies, the government should hold regular auctions where companies can bid for permits to bring in foreign workers. Employers would bid highest for the most-valued workers, creating a selection mechanism that wouldn’t rely on the judgment of bureaucrats or the paperwork skills of immigration lawyers.
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I'm curious of RPFs take on this...

Brian4Liberty
09-14-2010, 12:27 PM
No matter what system or criteria is in place, the problem remains that there is corruption, fraud, and lack of enforcement. Of course that applies to just about anything government does...