[quote=harvey]What I find interesting about those who are against “illegal” immigration is that almost nobody understands the selection process for “legal” immigrants.
Why are some people allowed in, and others aren’t?
What’s the process, and who controls it?
Who decides which immigrants are “legal?”
And why does everyone assume that the current process is “correct?”[/quote]
There are several methods.
The two most common are sponsorship: either employment or personal.
It should be noted that sponsorship of a non-family member is likely a decade long process.
Then is the lottery.
Then is the special diversity lottery for low-immigration countries. That’s mere 50,000 visas a year.
Then there are variations of buying your way in. One way, is investment and ‘job’ creation. If you create enough jobs (I think 5), you can get in. And a net $500,000 investment. There are 10,000 slots for that.
There may be more.
Most importantly, all require a semblance of being self sufficient show they have funds as to not become destitute in the USA.
The medical check and police check are also required. The police check likely requiring many layers of baksheesh in their country of origin and likely of little contributing value other than limiting low level criminals.
Or, the ‘undocumented’ route, pay aa smuggler to bring you through a tunnel, through the fence and desert or other ways through the border and into the city and turn you lose, no checks, no docs, no funds.
