The Immigration System Isn't Just Broken As to Who It Lets In

Bureaucrats. What would we do without them.

Thrive, I suppose.

This article is old, but the problem continues.

Basically, a high-level athlete was seeking a work visa for his specialized skills in training athletes. He was first accepted for a temporary visa, then later denied a renewal, based upon a strange and kinda-arbitrary decision by the INS that his expertise was too high-level for the position he sought.

In 2006 Anatolie applied for what should have been a routine renewal of his H1B working visa for another three-year term. While the maximum standard answer time is 180 days, he waited over 18 months—which included numerous letters of support, including several from Congressman Christopher Shays—to receive the shocking answer: denied. Reason given? “overqualified” for his job—in spite of being granted his initial H1B working visa for the exact same position 3 years previously. Anatolie immediately appealed the denial and was told he would receive an answer within a maximum of 10 months. 14 months later he received the final decision regarding his appeal: dismissed—with no explanation and no right to further appeal.

Bill Whittle earlier wrote of this case:

"The biggest losers in our inability to control illegal immigration are the legal immigrants. What benefit do these honest people gain from playing by the rules? This is as clear a real-world example as you are likely to see of the lack of retaliation flipping a system from cooperation to betrayal."

The system worked.

H/t to Adam Baldwin.

posted by Ace at 06:07 PM

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