politics

the other general visa categories are broadly:

• Exceptionally skilled
• Moderate net-worth
• Marriage/family
• Service to America

which are all non-work related visas

marriage is definitely abused

I feel marriage visa abuse is less of an issue than the loopholes for work visas

the only protection, is that if you get divorced within some number of years, you lose it

but yeah, obviosuly abused, but globally is kind of required

Canada's problem is international student visa abuse

I am not sure if that is as much of an issue in the US

oh right, educational visas

but that is how they get in here

ours are better than yours, degree mills don't get you citizenship like they do in Canada

but it still needs to be redone

They don't do that here either

the issue is they come in, then claim they will be persecuted if they get sent back for some bullshit reason and request they not be sent back

which has to go to the courts

I thought the degree mill thing was one of the things Canadians were the most mad about

Our system needs an overhaul, but the governement does not do it because the corperations want them here to drive wages lower and to prop up housing prices

degree mills is how they get in, but how they stay is not that

that you can get a nothing 2-year degree from a school that doesn't exist, and then get a 3-year residency visa after you graduate

oh interesting if it's mostly the persecution thing

in general, I think Asylum/persecution status should not be granted en-masse

Its not granted en mass, the problem is it is also not denied on mass

so the courts are clogged

you probably should need burden of proof to even make persecution claims

which means they are defacto allowed to stay until each one is sorted

set up a detention reservation up in yukon or something

The main issue is, despite on paper being "required to be able to afford living in Canada for the duration of your studies without working", they were allowed to work

a full ban on working, and strict punishments on any company that is found to have any of them working, would fix the system

but again, the politicians do not want that, because they want the corperations to make money

And having 6 inidians being willing to live in a 1 bedroom apartment rented out at 4k/month is profitable for the politicians, 60% of which are directly invested in housing

they should figure out why corporations need this labor market and fix that instead

They don't

they just want wages to be lower to maximize profit

there is no fix other than telling them to fuck off

I think there should be creative ways to get foreign US university graduates converted, without allowing the system to get flooded with Indian street shitters

Cap how much you can work while here so only people who have finanical backing come to western schools

that gets rid of 80% of economic migrants coming here

grad students need to be able to do research

Also set caps on what % of student body can be international students

Grad students exempt

Random street shitter indians are not doing grad school, even meme ones most of the time

yeah, I'm actually fine with banning foreigners from 2-year degrees altogether

4-year accredited colleges with tuition in excess of some threshold

should be the minimum

The schools that are the issues are not schools like Uwaterloo, it is the meme colleges

which used to be legitimate schools, but realized they could earn way more money by being a degree mill to indians

conestoga used to be a decently reputable technical skill college for trades, learning programing (in a non cs way, just programing), etc

and then after undergrad your student visa should be able to convert to a different kind of visa or count as creditable years if you come back later on a different type of visa

and yeah, enforce the work prohibitions on student visas 100%

those are actually enforced for the most part in America

I don't care if they want to work on campus jobs at like, an on campus coffee shop

whatever, do that

have a 2nd tier of work-allowable student visas, quota per-school

they should not be able to work 3 jobs and just skip classes

to use for grad research and athletes

It is going to be interesting to see if literally anything happens when the current goverment loses in a landslide this election

I do not think so, because the Cons are just as corrupt

but I would be interested to see if literally anything came of this

idk, I think the housing crisis in Canada is actually bad enough that something has to change

Something has to give, I agree

immigration is also wildly unpopular everywhere rn

I think current polling is something like 65% of Canadians are against immigration now

we were discussing in VC last night, it's hillarious just how much everyone hates Indians

which is crazy to consider, since we are Canada

they have obliterated their global image

over the last 5-10 years

Chinese at least do subterfuge and are sneaky about it, Indian's are proud to scam systems put in place in high-trust societies

because it is their culture

all the other low-tier countries like the Philippines, Pakistan, and Nigeria have all moved a tier up, while India is on the bottom all alone

There was huge anger here because Indians on social media kept posting about how you can just go to a food bank and get free food, so they would all just do that

funny

Donating to the food bank has always been a big thing in Canada, as a means of supporting those less fortunate

Indians have eroded that because they just take whatever free shit they can get

Food banks are a big Christian thing

very big in the US too

Its not a relgious thing here though, it was just a cultural thing that people did

its run by the government

it's a Christian culture thing*

Sure, but its not run by religious groups is my point

yeah, same here