Sure. That’s why we have a system that fast-tracks professions in need over those without those qualifications.
We opened the gates in COVID because businesses convinced gov’t that there was a worker shortage (e.g “nobody wants to work for as cheap as we want to pay them”) in unskilled categories like hospitality, and because our student visa requirements are so lax that they effectively allow full-time employment instead of going to school. IMO these are two areas that need policy reform.
We also have valuable people who have immigrated returning to their expatriate countries because the path to citizenship promised is taking years or decades longer than they were promised. That’s just as unacceptable to me and we have to do better to retain doctors, engineers, and other professionals from whom we could mutually benefit.
What about immigrants who are skilled, like nurses and doctors?
Sure. That’s why we have a system that fast-tracks professions in need over those without those qualifications.
We opened the gates in COVID because businesses convinced gov’t that there was a worker shortage (e.g “nobody wants to work for as cheap as we want to pay them”) in unskilled categories like hospitality, and because our student visa requirements are so lax that they effectively allow full-time employment instead of going to school. IMO these are two areas that need policy reform.
We also have valuable people who have immigrated returning to their expatriate countries because the path to citizenship promised is taking years or decades longer than they were promised. That’s just as unacceptable to me and we have to do better to retain doctors, engineers, and other professionals from whom we could mutually benefit.