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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton, the TPP, and Protecting Our Food [View all]Sancho
(9,069 posts)I have looked at Bernie's record. Bernie and Hillary voted almost identically as Senators with minor differences. As you know, sometimes either vote for or against because of a particular amendment, or specific poison pill.
The H1B and student visas have several sides - and even thought they may be abused by some corporations to displace American workers, there is also a proper use. If there's a thread on student visa's and H1B we could get into it. I work with a LOT of immigrants on visa's, and the vast majority eventually become US citizens. That's often the goal of a subset of students here on college visa's - to eventually figure out a way to stay in the US.
Interesting, because I have an employee in the next room from Brazil who originally came here illegally 20+ years ago. She is typical, but the stories of how they play the game with visas, green cards, fake marriages, joining the military, hiring lawyers, living for decades "underground", and what they want for their families is amazing. In Florida about 25% were born out of the US (no one actually knows). My neighbors on both sides are from Argentina and Poland. Another employee came from Italy and was in the US Military during Vietnam. I have co-workers from Turkey, Poland, Greece, Cuba, and Argentina.
Almost all spend 10-15 years paying lawyers and manipulating the system to get US citizenship if they can, or else they give up and live "underground".
http://correctrecord.org/hillary-clinton-and-immigration/