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talkpoliticsSo a computer glitch has wreaked havoc across this year's green-card lottery which allows 55 thousand foreigners applying for US work permits to get access to the US work market. In result the 2011 lottery was called off and will be invalidated.
But instead of working to fix the software problem, the proposal coming from the GOP is what? Scrap the whole green-card lottery system altogether. One of the reasons? It's "possible" that some terrorists could get into the US through obtaining a green card. Wow.
Last time I checked, "America is a land of immigrants" and "America is a welcoming society, the land of the unlimited opportunities" were two of the most often used patriotic soundbites used by all politicians and pundits in the US. Along with "Land of the free" and "The American dream", of course. So what has changed?
But instead of working to fix the software problem, the proposal coming from the GOP is what? Scrap the whole green-card lottery system altogether. One of the reasons? It's "possible" that some terrorists could get into the US through obtaining a green card. Wow.
Last time I checked, "America is a land of immigrants" and "America is a welcoming society, the land of the unlimited opportunities" were two of the most often used patriotic soundbites used by all politicians and pundits in the US. Along with "Land of the free" and "The American dream", of course. So what has changed?
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Date: 22/7/11 02:33 (UTC)