To be honest I dont know what the criteria is for getting a visa. My wife got hers in about a year and she has no special skills, which is why she is going to college now.
On Nov 12, 2013, at 9:59 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > all I know is that the employers say they hire illegals because > Americans don't want the work. There is probably an unspoken "at those > wages" in there, sure. This leads to the question of how much more > people are willing to pay for produce. > > But my main point here is that -- based on my little bit of anecdotal > evidence in central California -- this narrative appears to be at > least somewhat true. I realize that your anecdotal evidence says > something else. > > But here's an interesting point I heard made once -- if you are > Mexican and let's say a waiter, or anyone with no specially in-demand > skills, your wait for a legal visa can be up to twenty years. Not much > help when your kids are starving. > > I can say this because I am Canadian, and at the time I got my green > card, had no specially in-demand skills.In fact I have had immigration > officers say to me, oh, don't worry, we are not concerned about > immigrants like you. More than a couple, over the years. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:368563 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
