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Originally Posted by VJB2
My guess is keeping us in their back pocket until the hot topic of immigration reform comes around again. This time, however, dems don’t seem to have leverage and Republicans can dangle us or threaten us if they don’t get their requests.
I do wonder if all this chaos and news will be used by them to say, “See! We kicked out all these people, time to fix the system and provide relief to the Dreamers.”
Time will tell… soon.
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Both Democrats and Republicans have the responsibility to address the issue and update the immigration system with a program that helps Dreamers, long-settled immigrant workers, families, and the skill-based system. THIS needs to be part of the conversation right now.
In addition, Democrats can use this opportunity to address how much legal immigration going forward is manageable. Why can't a Dreamer or undocumented worker have an avenue to regularize their own individual status but an H1B recipient can bring in mom, dad, in-laws, etc? The H1B system is rife with fraud, but the tech sector support it, so that is also stuck as if we were in 2002.