The report is a uniquely comprehensive and jargon‐​free (to the extent possible) explanation of U.S. legal immigration. Contrary to public perception, immigrants cannot simply wait and get a green card (permanent residence) after a few years. Legal immigration is less like waiting in line and more like winning the lottery: it happens, but it is so rare that it is irrational to expect it in any individual case.

  • NeuromancerM
    -8•10 months ago

    I can’t see the liberals wanting to pick vegetables at any price. They tend to thumb their noses at physical work.

    • Bakkoda
      8•10 months ago

      I love coming into these posts to see the really enlightened takes.

    • PizzaMan
      2•10 months ago

      If I could, I’d rather making my living gardening.

      But good on you for speaking on behalf of others that you don’t understand in the first place. /s