(03-04-2018 10:20 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:  

(03-04-2018 10:15 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  Why is it your [mrbig] assumption that bums are more likely to produce high achieving children than high achievers? It sounds like you want to run a lottery. Let in X bums, and in 30 years we wil have xy productive members of society. And xz bums. Maybe you should define “plenty”. I think you mean “some”.

Not sure if I saw Big indicate a preference for bums over professionals.

Thanks. I never said I had a preference (which was the point). I also never expressed a preference for Africans or Haitians over Norwegians. Again, I have no preference (which was my point).

I think our current vetting system does well, both for refugees and immigrants. I would prefer to increase refugees and legal immigrants, with some efforts to reduce illegal immigration. We have a big border and we can't stop all illegal immigrants, so I want to focus on humanitarian methods. This isn't an issue I know a lot of details about, which I readily admit. But I think the US should be a shining beacon on the hill and I think immigration and refugee policy needs to reflect that. People want to come here for a reason, "The American Dream". My mom was one of 9 kids and the first in her family to go to college. I grew up in a trailer park in Alaska. I graduated from Rice and Tulane law, have a good job, my kids go to a great school. I want to make sure all citizens have that opportunity and I think part of what makes America great is that people from other countries see this opportunity as well.