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A person who may have been unemployed for 3 of the last 5 years. doesnt have a high school education. but they can get into the United States under the lottery. I think it makes much more sense to say lets have folks who have shown their energy. shown their commitment. shown their willingness to strive within their own communities by obtaining these advanced degrees. lets have those folks participate in the lottery. Some will say the H1B program already solves this because it is greatly expanded in this bill. and that allows people with advanced degrees to come into this country. That is true. That is good. This bill is excellent in that manner. But as a practical matter. this lottery would go to people who do not qualify for HlB. In other words. to get an H1B visa. you have to have a sponsor or. in other words. an employer here in the United States who is going to hire you or you have to have a family member who will sponsor you to come into the country. There are a lot of people out there in these allegedly underserved countries who do not have somebody who is going to employ them because the groups that employ foreign nationals who have advanced science degrees dont go to those countries. They dont recruit in those countries. for all intents and purposes.