Fairness Act a Step Toward a Logical Immigration Policy | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary

Fairness Act a Step Toward a Logical Immigration Policy | Alex Nowrasteh | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The current rule allows only 7 percent of employment-based green cards to be allotted to immigrants from any one country — creating an enormous backlog for skilled immigrants from India, China and the Philippines. The Fairness act would eliminate the per-country limit and decrease wait times.

Critics of legal immigration argue that allowing skilled immigrants to come to the United States deprives native-born Americans of job opportunities at a time when unemployment is 8.2 percent. This argument rests on the fallacy that the job market is a fixed pie and that each immigrant hired by a U.S. business means one fewer job is available to a native-born citizen."