If you think we need immigration reform because too many illegal aliens have sneaked in through the back door, then you will be surprised to hear that our system that admits foreigners through the front door — i.e., legal aliens — is not much more competent than the watch at the back door. Our legal immigration system is much like an airplane running on autopilot in bad weather with no one in the cockpit to make course corrections. With some 15 million Americans out of work, you would think the government would throttle back on visas to foreign workers. Think again. Uncle Sam keeps giving visas to millions of foreign workers, regardless of the economic turbulence.
In 2010, the government granted admission to more than one million foreign workers. It had done the same thing in 2009. And in 2008. Yet, during those three years, more and more Americans became unemployed.
