Legal Immigration

Legal Immigration

Introduction

The United States has been a favorite destination for many people across the globe. However, the opportunity of going through the boundaries into the country has been a great challenge to many, especially those seeking to have legal deals on the same. Bauer observed that legal immigration is accomplished when an alien is permitted under the law to be in a host country.  Legal immigration laws in the U.S. have been put in place to help the government control the movement of foreigners into the country; however, the establishment and enforcement of the associated legal frameworks have raised controversial reactions from different individuals (Richard 234).  Some feel that the laws pose prospective immigrants with considerable challenges; hence the associated policies should adjust on them to make the process relatively easier for the foreigners. In contrast, others feel that the immigration laws should be made stricter, that they appear too lenient. While others feel that immigration law needs not to be more stringent as a nation would benefit economically given the investment and innovative advantages that come with investors (Clerk 345). Confirms the need to adjust and change policies on legal migration towards making it easy for immigrants, and reducing the time of the process.

The legal immigration policies should be reviewed to reduce the efforts that the immigrants have to apply to be officially permitted to be in the U.S. because of their contribution to the economy through great businesses. Even as much the native-born Americans have started most business organizations in the country, foreigners and their descendants have significant potentials of accomplishing such as commercial activities. Some of the best organizations in the world, like Google, were initiated by children of descendants (Clerk 345). Their efforts have, therefore, contributed significantly to the continuity of commerce in the country; therefore, the review of the policies is necessary to reduce the possible challenges in the process.

Enhancing and Extending On-the-Job training for U.S. Universities STEM Graduates

For the purposes of enhancing educational experience of the international students who undertakes studies in science, engineering, technology and mathematics at the universities of the United States, Department of Homeland Security need to propose some changes to extend and expand the usage of the existing Optional Practical Training program and get a solid ties between the Optional Practical Training students and their universities and colleges via graduation (Wickham 96).

Reorganization the Processes for Foreign Workers and their Employers, While Safeguarding American Workers

The Department of Homeland Security needs to clarify its guidance concerning provisional L-1 visas for foreign employees who relocate from the foreign office of a company to its U.S. (Wickham 98). office. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security needs to take regulatory measures to upgrade the labor market test that is necessary for employers sponsoring foreign employees for immigrant visas while at the time ensuring that the American workers are safeguarded.

Adoption of Friendly Immigration System that is Employment-Based

The first step of making legal immigration easier is by introducing fewer green cards to family-based immigrants, which need then to be augmented into the employment-based green cards.  The new policy should make it easy for immigrants who are seeking jobs in the U.S. to get easy access to green cards (Wickham 99). This needs to be conducted by determining individuals who might have a positive contribution to the American economy. This would therefore mean that individuals will find it easy to legally migrate to American in a job basis. Clerk argued that an employment-based system of immigration has more benefits to the U.S. that disadvantages. Adapting an employment-based immigration system would make more easily for people to legally get permitted to migrate to the U.S. as opposed to the situation where all non-U.S. natives were to be prohibited from being legal immigrants of the United States (Kelly 9). The move would then do away with the barriers of getting access to the U.S. on a legal ground.

Building a Generous Legal Immigration System that is Responsive to the Nation’s Changing Needs

Well-functioning and generous immigration systems would constitute an independent and realistic evidence-based avenue for families to stay together as doing the business to be in possession of the needed workers while boosting the right of the workers to increase and fair wages, a chance to live together as well as safer working conditions (Caleb 470). The rules of the system need to be structured in a way that recognizes the fact that the only available mechanism of having an effective immigration system is aligning workers to demand and supply. The new system needs to recognize the significant impacts of immigrants on the economy of the nation (Caleb 472). Clerk argued that coming up with a generous immigration system would make it easy for job seekers to get access to the U.S. hence contributing to the economic enhancement of the nation. Despite the fact that legal immigrants may come with economic advantages, they may as well be detrimental to the positive economic growth of a nation. Clerk immigrants who do not contribute positively in building the economy of a nation would be a burden to that nation.

Issuing of handy work authorization for high-skilled workforce awaiting LPR status and their spouses

Under the existing system in the U.S., approved lawful permanent resident (LPR) application with their employers, mostly have to wait for several years for their visa to be available. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) need make some changes to enable the workers to change jobs or move easily (Caleb 475). The Department of Homeland Security also needs to formulate new regulations to issue employment authorization to some spouses as long as their will have a valid lawful permanent resident application (Kelly 14). Besides enhancing easy legal immigration to the U.S., his policy would be very vital to the economic growth of the United States as it will filter resourceful individuals who can invest and innovate hence creating employment and jobs to the United States citizens.

Minimizing barriers for immigrant innovators and entrepreneurs

Department of Homeland Security needs to extend the options of immigrations to foreign entrepreneurs who can meet some given criteria for job creation, hence leading to the attraction of investments as well as the creation of employment and generation of revenue to the economy of U.S. (Kelly 15). This would ensure that the current immigration system encourages economic growth. The new immigration criteria needs to constitute income thresholds to ensure the individuals can access and are entitle to some public benefits such as  tax credit and welfare under the Affordable Care Act (Kelly 16). Implementation of this policy would ensure that individuals who are eligible for green cards can easily migrate to the U.S. without undergoing all the long and tiresome procedures.

Conclusion

It is worth recognizing the role that legal immigrants play in a country’s economy. Besides innovative benefits that immigrants might move with to another country, legal immigrants are entrepreneurial in nature and hence facilitate the creation of jobs that may employ hundreds of native citizens hence contributing positively to a country’s economy. Immigrations regulations should, therefore, loosened to enable easy access to the United States.