[sstone]

Is there a way to hack the political process to get this moving ? Can individual states bypass the federal government with some kind of visa ? Some law that this can piggyback on ?

[jforman]

No, individual states cannot issue visas. The border is controlled by the federal government (specifically, the Department of Homeland Security).

One thing you can do is sign up for votizen and send a message to your representatives here, however:

https://www.votizen.com/issues/startupvisa/