The CEO of Telsa and owner of X App, Elon Musk has submitted that the United State of America should speed up the legal immigration processing for anyone who is hardworking and talented, irrespective of their legal status and nationality.
Musk opined that America should focus on further development and recruiting best hands from all walks of life professionally, employing the best man for the job and legalizing immigrant in the process as long as they have the IQ fit for such purposes instead of focusing on their illegality.
“As a reminder, I am very much in favor of expedited legal immigration for anyone who is talented, hardworking and honest. America should be like a pro sports team that wants to win the championship – draft the best players to enable the whole team to win!”
As against Donald Trump’s campaign speech who disclosed that there is need to shut down immigration until America can figure out what to do with the teeming numbers of legal and illegal immigrants in the nation.
Although research have it that presently Immigrants account for 14.3% of the U.S. population, a roughly threefold increase from 4.7% in 1970. The immigrant share of the population today is the highest since 1910 but remains below the record 14.8% in 1890.
Despite the teeming numbers of illegal living in the US Musk affirmed that talented immigrant should be given a chance.
According to his post: “If someone is a great nurse, doctor, engineer, carpenter, plumber, electrician, teacher, scientist, etc, they should be welcomed!”
The Telsa CEO expressed that: “Current immigration policy makes no sense. It’s totally ass-backwards”
The law governing U.S. immigration policy is called the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The INA allows the United States to grant up to 675,000 permanent immigrant visas each year across various visa categories.
Eligible family members include spouses, widows/widowers, children, parents, and siblings, but the rules vary depending on whether the sponsor is a U.S. citizen or a green card holder, and also on how closely related the immigrant is to the sponsor.
Federal immigration law determines whether a person is an alien, as well as the rights, duties, and obligations associated with being an alien in the United States. It also provides the means by which aliens can become legally naturalized citizens with full rights of citizenship.
Effective Sept. 10, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services automatically extended the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) to 36 months for lawful permanent residents who file Form I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card