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The environmental argument for reducing immigration to the United States is relatively straightforward and is based on the following five premises:
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People like founders of Google and Reddit are all immigrants.
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As of now, you only can really get a long-term visa if you are connected in a strong way either to a private company in the US, or to a private citizen in the US, or to the public services in the US. But if you are, say, a highly qualified programmer who wants to move to the US, but cannot easily find employment while living overseas - then you are out of luck. A lot of specialists are forced to choose Canada, Australia or New Zealand instead, because of how much simpler it is for them to move there, and the US does not obtain specialists it could have.
On the other hand, some programs need to go away. DV lottery, for example, is, well, a lottery, and people who win it are not necessarily going to benefit the US.
So, to summarize, I think the focus of the US immigration system should shift - the system should be neither relaxed nor restricted, but it should be changed.
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