The Point System’s Problems–Even for Foreign Nurses

Stuart Anderson of the National Foundation for American Policy points out that foreign nurses, vital to addressing American’s nursing shortage in the midst of an aging U.S. population, would be unlikely to gain entry to the U.S. under the immigration point system contained in the Senate immigration bill. Other categories of professionals and skilled individuals also are unlikely to become immigrants under the new — and perhaps inappropriately named — “merit” visas. Internationally renowned actors, athletes, physicians in rural areas, factory managers, certain executives and possibly even Nobel Prize winners may be left out due to fundamental flaws in the legislation. For his policy brief, go to the NFAP web page and click on New NFAP Study: The         Point System’s Impact on Foreign Nurses and Other Potential Immigrants,         June 2007

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