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Needs of economy, not politics, should drive US visa policy

  February 28, 2012

An overhaul of US immigration policy is long overdue, based not on where an immigrant comes from, but on how much he or she can contribute to the American economy. The current system is an alphabet soup of categories and country-wide caps that do not line up well with the country’s economic needs. Only about 14 percent of green cards issued are related to employment, while about 66 percent are the result of family ties.

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