Advanced Degree Visas...Solution or Bigger Problem?

 

Immigration is obviously not an easy issue for our Government to “resolve,” nor will it be an easy issue for both parties to come to an agreement. Democrats already began creating more opportunities for our nation’s immigrants who have been living in the United States by passing a part of the Dream Act. With this many students that have graduated High School can now start creating their career, knowing they are going to have an opportunity to work in their field of study. Recently this past Friday the House approved abill that redirects 55,000 visas to those foreign students that are studyingscience, engineering and math in the United States. Yes, many would think this is a small step to something larger for the rest of our immigrants, but of course it is not that easy. This bill shows why immigration is such a difficult issue for our government.

This bill that was passed allows for students who are studying science, math and engineering; also known as STEM, in the United States to receive a visa, and in certain circumstances allows for the students family to stay in the United States until they are legalized. This bill of course had many different responses to it by both political parties. Some people think that allowing for more students to come from other countries with a visa is a decently good idea, and something positive to strive for. But how can our country allow for more immigrants to come in, if they cannot even legalize those that are already here. Some Democrats argued that the immigration issue shouldn’t be dealt in pieces that it should be done as a whole. While some Republicans argued that this issue is so big, the only way to tackle it is by minimizing it into sections. Point is immigration has to be solved one way or another, but how are we going to achieve that if our government won’t really discuss the issue. Is taking away general diversity visas to give more visas to those that are studying that awful, or that amazing?

An issue this big isn’t going to be resolved over-night; maybe small steps such as this bill are the just what it takes for there to be a change. For this to happen though, both parties of our government need to discuss the issue and compromise. Maybe giving visas to those foreigners that are studying in math and science isn’t such a bad idea if the genera visas to immigrants aren’t taken away. Our government has a long way to go to make a bigger change in the issue of immigration.

Freedom?

I completely agree with you. Our government is a lot of times idolized by other countries, but it is not what it used to be. Like you said the U.S government is more interested in aliens taxes than in their vote. With this past election we can clearly see that it's a big mistake to not focus on their votes. This election had a huge influence by the hispanic voter turn out. The government can now clearly see that they need to focus on other things besides the taxes, on allowing for these "aliens" to work for what they studied for. The government needs to go back to its freedom roots, and allow for those aliens to feel free, and prosper in this country. Enough is enough, the government and most Americans can see how much of an impact an alien has in this country. They need to let the freedom come back to this country.

Is It Really Freedom?

The United States government has been seen in most foreign eyes as the “ideal government.” With this state of mind many foreigners have decided to leave their home country to come live in what they think is the ideal country. Most of these foreigners are known as illegal immigrants that had to cross the border in harsh conditions because they want a better life. Sure, life in the United States might be better than in their country, but these immigrants are most times limited on what they are allowed to achieve.

We have students that have graduated high school, continued their education in college, received a degree in their field of study, but soon after are stopped from progressing due to the lack of jobs that are available to immigrants. These students for the most part came to the United States as little kids, have been raised to live as Americans, so shouldn’t they receive the same freedom rights as anybody else? And this is where our President Barack Obama gave DREAMers a small victory in their huge battle to pass the Dream Act, “a piece of legislation that would give legalstatus and create a path to citizenship for young immigrants.” These students are now allowed to apply to have a workers permit, and to not be scared of being deported. Yes this is a small step to what these DREAMers want, but they are still very limited to their freedoms.

Our government is allowing these immigrants to pursue a job in their field of study, but still don’t have the right to travel outside the country or to even benefit from Obama Care. This just comes to show that even though many think our government is the ideal government, it sometimes isn’t. Immigration and no rights to actual freedom is just one of many that show our governments true colors. They need to understand that not all Hispanic immigrants are delinquents and that they don’t come to just freely take what many American citizens think is theirs. Immigrants like any other American work for what they want; they work to have a better life than they had in their home country, to offer their families a better life. But how is that ever going to happen if the government limits them so much?