Interestingly, this author (published by the Public Broadcasting System) acknowledges the success of the Canada Merit System upon which the American proposal is modeled, but still concludes that low-skilled immigrants should continue to be admitted, with or without a points system.

The sponsors of the American proposal argue that bringing in low-skilled permanent immigrants (we are not talking about seasonal, migrant farm workers) will take jobs from Americans who are at the bottom of the income scale.

While waiting to see the actual proposed law, I tend to support the concept of the Merit System. By the way, virtually no one reading this posting could pass the screening to become a Canadian citizen.

Carl in Tampa