tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post6812896262466423886..comments2023-10-27T03:16:03.213-04:00Comments on Burgh Diaspora: Rust Belt 2.0: Immigration InitiativeJim Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-29329912508471104002008-04-14T15:25:00.000-04:002008-04-14T15:25:00.000-04:00About time! The anti-immigration hysteria has got...About time! The anti-immigration hysteria has gotten ridiculous. Canada utilizes a point system to allow immigrants in, and it has resulted in economic growth and a chance to grow to become an economic rival to the USA. But there doesn't have to be a rivalry. If the USA adopted the same point-system criteria for allowing immigrants into the country, the USA would also see its growth improve. <BR/><BR/>Sure, this blog centers around immigration into economically distressed communities, and it does make sense. Make the application for visas based on a point system that gives plenty of credit for English language skills, educational achievement, cultural affiliation (i.e., no polygamists allowed), gender perhaps (more women than men allowed, not the reverse as has been the national policy), and special skills. And then add a Rust-belt overlay that adds points to would be immigrants who settle for a specified intermediate period in Rust-belt economic enterprise zones like Cleveland, OH, Pittsburgh, PA, or Buffalo, NY or Jamestown, NY or Binghamton, NY. These communities would be set to work by new ideas meeting opportunity.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18265488935947022357noreply@blogger.com