The War on School Immigration

The article “House passes immigration bill to keep science and technology students in U.S.” written by Gregory Wallace and Deirdre Walsh states that the US House approved the Republican backed immigration legislation on Friday that previously had fallen short. The Stem Jobs Act would allow up to 55,000 visas to non-citizens who completed some advanced degrees at major US universities. The Republicans are viewing this passed bill as a plus for the economy. As stated by the House Majority Leader Eric Cantor echoes that the passed bill will grant the individuals to receive a green card permitting they obtain a diploma and thus resulting in them staying in the country to begin careers to create jobs as opposed to being forced to leave the US and go back to their native home countries and actually compete against us. Another Republican that backs this thought is Lamar Smith who advises that many of the top students come to the US to receive advanced degrees. With this observation, the economy can be boosted and create jobs by allowing US employers to hire foreign graduates from US universities. The Obama administration opposes this measure and thought of concentration. I too agree with this. The bill does not address broader immigration issues and is view by Democrats as an attempt to appeal to non-white voters, who largely sided with Obama over GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Election Day. The focus should be on educating our current “students” and providing programs that encourage and entice these students to go for advanced degrees. I believe that we should provide programs that encourage our own natural born citizens to be the job creators or inventors that stimulate job growth. I’m a firm believer that we are all human and should all work together but that is nothing but a pipe dream that will never manifest.