Queers and Immigration

[Greyson]

I came across this article in my morning reading today. In my previous post in this thread the same topic of Merit Based Immigration vs. Family Based Immigration was discussed.

This article speaks to a previous round of immigration reform over 40 years ago in both the USA and Canada. Canada's Immigration Policy favored Merit/Points based system; the USA Immigration Policy favored "Family" (traditional, heterosexual) Immigration Policy.

IMO as the law and Immigration Policy stands today in the USA Queer families have a greater opportunity for immigration to the USA then they would via current policy.

Again, if you are under educated, poor and queer, the circumstances are not in your favor. Do any of you have an opinion on USA Immigration Policy? Are you willing to talk about it here in this thread? Better yet, are you willing to do anything about current USA Immigration Policy for Queer people and/are all people?
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Canada comes to Silicon Valley to poach high-tech workers struggling with immigration problems

By Matt O'Brien

Posted: 05/17/2013 06:10:18 AM PDT



In the 1960s, Bloemraad said, both the U.S. and Canada dramatically reconfigured how they welcomed immigrants: America ended up with a system where two-thirds of immigrants now gain permanent residency through family connections, while Canada pioneered a points-based ranking that results where two-thirds of immigrants are chosen for their work skills.

The Senate plan would shift to a more Canadian approach in adopting a new "merit visa" to award permanent U.S. residency to the highest scorers in a points system favoring those who are young, highly educated, fluent in English and working in high-demand fields.


http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci...h-tech-workers