[ajross]

The article obviously doesn't talk about her visa status, but it certainly sounds like she holds a work visa just like you did. It doesn't sound like she is a naturalized citizen.

I agree the immigration quotas should be higher, though.

[someguydave]

No, that's the wrong takeaway. The immigration queues should be full of high quality people who are also likely to make loyal US citizens.

[matt_wulfeck]

The precisely not how it works now. It’s full of people who will make good employees. Selecting for good citizens is very different, but in the case of bitter-toned OP perhaps it worked in this regard.

[someguydave]

>It’s full of people who will make good employees.

Yeah I would agree with that. You can see the conflict of interest here though - with the existing system US Federal Government employees are making decisions about who might become a citizen one day. Presumably, those citizens will then hold the government employees accountable for their actions.

This biases US Government decision-making towards populations that tend to be pliable and dependent on the state, rather than populations who have the capability of building alternative bases of power.

Honestly what this means is that decisions about who to let in the country are too important for the US Government to be making - exactly because citizens should hold it accountable for its behavior.