New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, in a speech delivered at the Immigration and American Competitiveness Conference sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Partnership for a New American Economy, seems to be the first politician (that I know of) who makes sense out of serious immigration problems in the US. No, it's not about the repeated ad nauseam "11 million undocumented immigrants" and how to grant them "the path to citizenship" (as ill-informed and lazy journalists keep repeating) it is about four major issues, as outlined by Bloomberg.
ONE "Every year, we admit more than one million new permanent residents. But 85 percent of the visas we hand out are for those seeking family re-unification or refuge from harm, while only 15 percent of visas are given for economic reasons."
TWO " Foreign students who are earning advanced degrees in technical fields from our universities should be eligible to work here permanently."
THREE "We [the US] should stop turning away so many entrepreneurs who want to come here and start businesses. "
FOUR "Business leaders and mayors agree that we should expand and streamline our existing tools for attracting talent to our country."
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