Immigration innovation
The Senate reaches a creative compromise, but that doesn't mean it'll ever become law.
After years of bruising debate over "amnesty" -- the misleading term preferred by legalization opponents -- it's remarkable that the Z visa gained bipartisan acceptance. There seems to be mounting appreciation for the fact that 12 million people living in legal shadows is corrosive to the rule of law.
Also encouraging is the agreement's point system for green cards, attempting to quantify the attributes most desirable among would-be immigrants. ...
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