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dc_dux · 12-28-2006, 05:09 AM

Telluride....you asked why we need the Diversity Visa Program and the benefits of a more diverse immigration policy.

For most of the 20th century, our immigration policy had immigration quotas by country based on the number of immigrations from that country according to the 1910 census....so in effect, our immigration policy overwhelming favored western european countries. The 1990 law that established the Diversity Visa program simply opened the opportunity to more peoples of other regions of the world.

I understand why some oppose the program and it is difficult to quantify the benefits of a more diverse immigration policy other than the subjective contributions that other cultures bring to the "American" experience.

12-28-2006, 05:09 AM	#25 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	Telluride....you asked why we need the Diversity Visa Program and the benefits of a more diverse immigration policy. For most of the 20th century, our immigration policy had immigration quotas by country based on the number of immigrations from that country according to the 1910 census....so in effect, our immigration policy overwhelming favored western european countries. The 1990 law that established the Diversity Visa program simply opened the opportunity to more peoples of other regions of the world. I understand why some oppose the program and it is difficult to quantify the benefits of a more diverse immigration policy other than the subjective contributions that other cultures bring to the "American" experience. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire