State-Based Visas: A Federalist Approach to Reforming U.S. Immigration Policy

[DEAD7]

By Brandon Fuller and Sean Rust
April 23, 2014
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) recently proposed a regional visa program that would allow immigrants to live and work exclusively in Detroit or other cities in the United States. A regional immigration option through a state-based visa program would create a temporary work permit that would allow participating states to manage the flow and regulate the quantity of temporary migrants who want to live and work within their borders. Ideally, law-abiding visa holders would be eligible for renewal and free to apply for permanent residency during their stay in the United States. Although overseen by the federal government, a state-based visa program would allow state governments to craft a better-functioning work-visa program that is more adaptable to their local economic conditions than the present system run by the federal government—perhaps even supplying lessons for future federal work-visa programs.

A state-based visa program would direct immigration to the states that want it without forcing much additional immigration on those that do not. Unlike existing employment-based visas that tie foreign workers to one firm, state-based visa holders would be free to move between employers in the state—leading to thicker, more equitable, and more efficient local labor markets. A state based visa would increase prosperity by allowing additional migration to portions of the country and economy that demand them. Successful international experiences with regional visas in Australia and Canada provide some valuable policy lessons and hint at the major economic benefits of such a policy in the United States.

 

[theworldismine13]

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[Crakface]

Where are your papers.


These illegals takin all the low paying jobs the white man was supposed to give to Us yo.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

you supporting neoliberalism now, @DEAD7 ?

 

[acri1]

My cynical side (for all intents my main one) can't help but think that they'd just end up sending immigrants to urban/minority areas (ie. places that Republicans don't really care about).


On some "We're just gonna send all the immigrants to inner-city Detroit/Chicago, that way I can say I'm pro-immigration and people in the suburbs won't care " type shyt.

 

[theworldismine13]

My cynical side (for all intents my main one) can't help but think that they'd just end up sending immigrants to urban/minority areas (ie. places that Republicans don't really care about).


On some "We're just gonna send all the immigrants to inner-city Detroit/Chicago, that way I can say I'm pro-immigration and people in the suburbs won't care " type shyt.

i dont usually cosign kingsmen, but that is exactly what is the plan, its not a secret plan, the michigan governor said explicitly he wants the plan for detroit

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/“ope...flood-detroit-with-upscale-immigrants.191544/

 

[acri1]

i dont usually cosign kingsmen, but that is exactly what is the plan, its not a secret plan, the michigan governor said explicitly he wants the plan for detroit

http://www.thecoli.com/threads/“operation-afro-dilution”-michigan’s-plan-to-flood-detroit-with-upscale-immigrants.191544/

I see.

What kind of immigration policy would you advocate?

 

[DEAD7]

you supporting neoliberalism now, @DEAD7 ?

I post articles I find interesting. Not that I necessarily agree with.

 

[theworldismine13]

I see.

What kind of immigration policy would you advocate?

well if i had at my way it would be for immigration from africa and the caribbean, but realistically as long as it doesnt involve an invasion from mexican and south america trying to turn america "bilingual" and "multicultural" or flooding the work force with low wage workers im ok with it, i think immigration should be skills based not family based, this article explains it well http://www.thecoli.com/threads/immi...st-about-numbers—its-about-skills-too.211830/

for detroit, detroit needs educated black "immigrants" from other cities or from the surrounding areas, but other way detroit does need bodies to move there, it doesnt really matter where they are from, its black people's loss if we dont take of our cities

 

[theworldismine13]

not an Oinion headline

Pelosi Calls for Immigration Reform In Honor of Cinco de Mayo Pelosi Calls for Immigration Reform In Honor of Cinco de Mayo

 

[mbewane]

Makes zero sense. How is controlling your 50 something state borders gonna be easier than controlling just one?

Interestingly, the EU has been trying to implement a single immigration policy for all of Europe because of the Schengen liberty of movement. Once you have liberty of movement among EU member states or US states, you need a single immigration policy. Y'all have it, changing it would be hustling backwards.