The United States looks better than some of these other countries in the world. This sends the right message here today that this Congress is interested in opening up and laying out the welcome mat. at least in this specific case. where we ask investors to come into the United States under this EB5 program. Then I would add that there are other interests that we at least philosophically agree on. and one of those is highly skilled immigrants coming into the United States and those that are highly educated. When we can do the calculation on what kind of return we get from someone who comes into the United States as a legal immigrant to work here. to invest here. to start and run a business here. and we can see what they will do from a prosperity perspective. what their contribution will be to the economy and to the society. there are many records that help support that. What we do see. though. Mr. Speaker. is that between 89 and 93 percent of the legal immigration in America isnt based upon merit like this program is. Most of it is based on familial connections. who are you related to. as opposed to what can you do for the United States of America? And I have said for years. we need an immigration policy thats designed to enhance the economic. the social. and the cultural wellbeing of the United States of America. Every Nation has to have an immigration policy that is for them. And we held a hearing a year or two ago about the point system that some of the countries have established. Canada has one established. the United kingdom is implementing a point system.
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