More on that Disney thing that I commented on the other day:
A healthy U.S. immigration policy, as opposed to what we currently have, would encourage responsible levels of legal immigration, ideally adjustable to prevailing economic conditions, and have a high priority for skilled workers. It would also keep illegal immigration as low as is possible.
In addition, what a healthy immigration policy must not do—at either the low- or high-skilled level—is displace American jobs purely for corporate profit while at the same time creating an entire class of workers who do not enjoy the full rights of citizenship. The H-1B program as currently constituted, unfortunately, seems to do both those things. High-skilled Americans either lose their jobs or have their wages depressed, and America doesn’t get many of the usual benefits of allowing talented immigrants into our country through traditional means: the innovation, entrepreneurship, and drive that it adds to our culture and economy.
I want to hear from both parties how their preferred approach to immigration reform would prevent this.
