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  • Just come over as a tourist and disappear after the 90 days. That way Obama will make you a great deal, plus you can get welfare, free health care and a path to quick citizenship.

  • I would. but I don't speak Spanish 😉

  • This whole thread is putting a downer on my ideas of moving to the US anytime soon, I didn't realise it was that difficult to get a visa. Not that I'm a minimum wage, manual labour kind, but it just sounds unnecessarily complicated.

    @gftchris said:

    This whole thread is putting a downer on my ideas of moving to the US anytime soon, I didn't realise it was that difficult to get a visa. Not that I'm a minimum wage, manual labour kind, but it just sounds unnecessarily complicated.

    If you have a degree and meet whatever standards they set for "skilled worker" then it is a lot easier.

  • While I do like the president's general overview of what he wants to fix, he doesn't really go into detail of how he wants to fix each area. http://www.whitehous...ues/immigration

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  • I am guessing that would be way too much info for a pamphlet. It is also probably wise to not commit to anything too specific.

  • "Require that undocumented immigrants pass national security and a criminal background check, pay taxes and a penalty, go to the back of the line and learn English before they can earn citizenship"

    This seems sensible, but when you have as large a border area as you do in the usa, you're always going to be vulnerable to illegal immigration. Until border control is toughened, you're going to struggle to keep everybody out.

  • @gftchris said:

    This whole thread is putting a downer on my ideas of moving to the US anytime soon, I didn't realise it was that difficult to get a visa. Not that I'm a minimum wage, manual labour kind, but it just sounds unnecessarily complicated.

    If you have a degree and meet whatever standards they set for "skilled worker" then it is a lot easier.

    @sadbrownsfan said:

    If you have a degree and meet whatever standards they set for "skilled worker" then it is a lot easier.

    Allow me to venture an opinion that those chances are increased not by your degree nor skill set but by the simple fact that you are the type of person who has done what is necessary to achieve that degree and skill set.

    WSS

  • @sadbrownsfan said:

    If you have a degree and meet whatever standards they set for "skilled worker" then it is a lot easier.

    Allow me to venture an opinion that those chances are increased not by your degree nor skill set but by the simple fact that you are the type of person who has done what is necessary to achieve that degree and skill set.

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    Allow me to venture an opinion that those chances are increased not by your degree nor skill set but by the simple fact that you are the type of person who has done what is necessary to achieve that degree and skill set.

    WSS

    OK so I'm 28, have a masters degree and have been in my current job a few years - good enough?

  • @westside-steve said:

    Allow me to venture an opinion that those chances are increased not by your degree nor skill set but by the simple fact that you are the type of person who has done what is necessary to achieve that degree and skill set.

    WSS

    OK so I'm 28, have a masters degree and have been in my current job a few years - good enough?

    @gftchris said:

    OK so I'm 28, have a masters degree and have been in my current job a few years - good enough?

    again, yes, I think I was clear. You are the type of guy that does the work and completes the requirements to get a degree. I recall when I went to college the admissions hall walls papered with job opportunities from many different corporations. Most of them said plainly any degree. they basically want someone who has his shit together well enough to begin and complete a program.. That means if I took a Bachelor of Arts in theater sciences to Monsanto or 3M Or Dow chemical they'd be happy to give me an interview. I would assume they are not casting for Henry the fifth.

    WSS

  • my point is that it's not so much the particular studies that impress employers but the fact that you are a stand-up kind of citizen with a good work ethic and bright enough to figure out what they need figured out.

    WSS

  • I am guessing that would be way too much info for a pamphlet. It is also probably wise to not commit to anything too specific.

    @mld-woody said:

    I am guessing that would be way too much info for a pamphlet. It is also probably wise to not commit to anything too specific.

    There is actually a .pdf file on the page, I don't have time at work to read a 34 page .pdf but skimming through it, it only looks like a 34 page pamphlet. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/immigration_blueprint.pdf

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  • Legalize weed

  • Legalize weed

    @browns149 said:

    Legalize weed