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KirStang · 10-20-2010, 04:57 AM

I was researching H.R. 2883 a while back. I could have sweared they passed a law that prevented LPRs who inadvertently voted from being deported. Perhaps it was retroactive only.

Anyway. Our immigration laws are *really* jacked up, and premised upon xenophobia--which is extremely dangerous given globalization. IIRC, prior to the opium wars, China adopted a strict xenophobic policy resulting in them falling far behind in technology and getting their asses kicked.

Consider that foreigners who come to the U.S. to obtain Ph.D's must have an intent to return to their country of origin upon entering. So, we're educating some of the best and brightest--then sending them away so that they may bolster a foreign country's tech.

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KirStang Future Bureaucrat	I was researching H.R. 2883 a while back. I could have sweared they passed a law that prevented LPRs who inadvertently voted from being deported. Perhaps it was retroactive only. Anyway. Our immigration laws are really jacked up, and premised upon xenophobia--which is extremely dangerous given globalization. IIRC, prior to the opium wars, China adopted a strict xenophobic policy resulting in them falling far behind in technology and getting their asses kicked. Consider that foreigners who come to the U.S. to obtain Ph.D's must have an intent to return to their country of origin upon entering. So, we're educating some of the best and brightest--then sending them away so that they may bolster a foreign country's tech.