life's little quirks
 

..So I thought I'd share a little ironic thing that I found out. It is well known fact that, I think, this country hands out visas to people who are already well off and not necessarily in desperate need of entering this country to get a better life. As in the case of my "father" who was already living luxuriously in his country. Well, he decided to come to LA and he already got his visa for himself and all of his family. Now I don't know this man, and I don't know the specifics of how this happened- seeing as he also has a criminal record in his country. Now this just proves that there might be something wrong with this system. Letting people who have what counts "money" and denying entrance to people like my mother, an indigenous single mother with no money but with a perfect clean record. I guess you can argue which one would be a better member of society, a rich educated man, or a young poor woman. I don't know about laws or none of that- but is there something wrong with that? I guess the days of "give me your tired, poor your hurdle masses yearning to be free.." are long gone and we have to adjust. Is this more of a moral issue? Or is it just me?

Re: life's little quirks
 

Yup that is so true, i know how you feel. They give rich people everything, everything that they already have and more. Like saying we are worried about terrorist coming to the U.S. through Mexico or Latin America when in reality they came from Saudi Arabia funded by the Royal families who are millionaires. Unfair and unjust. :sad:

Re: life's little quirks
 

I sympathize with how you feel, but don't let that cloud your judgement. On the other side of the coin, there's me and many others with a college education hoping to get a work visa somehow, but the government will rather hand it to the upholsterer or carpenter who has a "coveted" skill missing in the country albeit not having a college education. I don't begrudge them one bit, but is one of "life's little quircks" that irritiate me.

You also have to be objective to how the country must act about immigration. Your father may have a criminal record somewhere else, but unless he declared it in his visa application, the US government wouldn't know. If he offers to invest money to open up a business which may benefit the economy, than he becomes a desirable asset, same deal w/not welcoming the poor/uneducated/hungry/etc... but rather the professional/educated few.

In Mexico and other developing countries this is a big problem and they call the term "exporte de cerebros (brain exporting)" the most brilliant/educated people leave the country and come to a developed nation who will grant them a visa (US) to teach/research, but ultimately hurts the chances for development in the native country.