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Ask Slashdot: Reasonable Immigration Policy For Highly-Trained Workers?

Posted by Soulskill on from the must-be-able-to-recite-shakespeare-in-the-original-klingon dept.

davidwr writes "What are a reasonable temporary-worker or immigration-visa rules to apply to workers whose skills would quickly net them a 'top 20th percentile wages' job (about $100,000) in the American workplace, if they were allowed to work in the country? Should the visa length be time-limited? Should it provide for a path to permanent residency? Should the number be limited, and if so, how should we decide what the limit should be? The people affected are already likely eligible for special work-permit programs, but these programs may have quotas, time limits, prior-job-offer-requirements, and other restrictions. I'm asking what Slashdotters think the limits and restrictions, if any, should be. (Let's assume any policy to keep out criminals and spies remains as-is.)"

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  1. A few thoughts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We should favor workers who are looking for permanent residency. They are good for the economy and the community.

    We should make sure it costs no less to hire a foreign worker to work in the US than it costs to hire an existing resident.

    We should not be using foreign worker visas to train people as a prelude to off-shoring.

    I'm wondering if an auction system for tech visas would work out.