Originally Posted by PenisFace

For someone who argues so fervently, you need to read up on legal immigration to the United States. Simply put, it is not an easy process, and you don't get to live and work in the United States if your only hope of employment is unskilled or partially skilled work. For a Canadian to be granted access to live and work in the United States, they must have an appropriate education (usually requiring a bachelors degree) in a specific field. Usually, these fields are science, medical, and a few others.

Basically, you must be able to work in a field that requires lots of qualifications. What does this mean? It means that there aren't enough Americans who are educated enough to fill these jobs, which means it's time to bring in people who are. I couldn't move the united states to be a municipal worker, or a truck driver, or an auto mechanic. Because there are plenty of Americans who do that and who are qualified to do so. I could, however, move to the Unitd States to be a pharmacist, a landscape architect, or an English teacher. Because people with those skills are lacking in the US. In order to work a job/career in the United States, I must:

1) Have education (bachelors degree, usually) in a specific field.

2) There can not be any Americans with the same education credentials who are also trying to get the same job. If there are, they get it, I don't.

3) The employer must submit documentation stating that you are working for them. If the company goes under, or you get laid off, or fired, you can not simply get another job to make ends meet. You have to work in the same field, and have the new company submit new documentation indicating that you now work for them.

4) If the industry collapses, or jobs are not available, you go back to your own country. Like I said above, I can't leave my job as a landscape architect or english teacher to work at a grocery store.

Living and working in the US means that you have skills that Americans don't have, or there is a shortage of people who have those skills. That's it. That is the only way you can legally work in the united states, at least if you are an every-man. There are different rules and regs, but they only apply to the top 1% of the population, wealth wise.

You can be granted permanent residence in the United States if you invest in, or create a company that employs 10 americans for (I believe) a minimum of 2 years. If, after 2 years, you still have 10 americans employed, you are granted residence status. If the company folds after a year, you're out of luck, thanks for trying.

Cliffs: The only reason people who aren't american work and live in the united states, is because there are not enough Americans with the skills to fill the jobs. You don't live and work there if you're going to be a cashier at a grocery store.


ME? I'm working on my bachelors, and I plan on relocating the united states within 5 years. The field im studying has nearly no prospects in the United States. Most people in the field, are from somewhere else.