How can you report prof. Peri's "missing immigrants" and not mention how US politicians continue to FORBID non-immigrant H-4/O-3 visa holders - who LEGALLY entered - to take a job. Most of us are well-educated, have work-experience, or owned a business in the home country. We are desperate to be allowed to work here ! Is it because the H-4's are mostly women, the majority from India ? Many never get their (professional) life back on track. We have to discover that we did not immigrate into "the country of opportunity", quite the contrary - we arrived in the Republic of Gilead. How is it possible these visas still exist in the year 2022 ?
I quite agree, it's a terrible situation, and a way in which the US keeps snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Talented people want to go work there, and they keep them out or keep them from working. Insane.
Thankfully, Canada (where I live) is doing better on that front..
Canada changed many of its immigration rules I think. We immigrated there for a few years in 2000 and I was not allowed to work or go to school. Also I had no access to the Provincial Healthcare System. ("Why would we give you health insurance, you have no value.") I sincerely hope Canada changed this !
I recently finished Isaacson's DaVinci biography and came away with a huge appreciation for art. I tried my hand at a few simple drawings and was of course terrible at it! These guys and gals were immensely talented and had a wider knowledge of the world they brought into their art. DaVinci especially with things like perspective, how pupils dilate in shadows, how cloth creases, etc.
There's a fiction book called Lanark by Alasdair Gray. I read it years ago.
Half of the book is the story of an artist painting a very large, very detailed mural (kind of like Michaelangelo's work), and all that goes on in his head as he does it and how far he's willing to go for his art.
I don't remember the details, but the general impression it left on me was powerful.
GE wind context
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Wow! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing. Where is this image sourced from?
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How can you report prof. Peri's "missing immigrants" and not mention how US politicians continue to FORBID non-immigrant H-4/O-3 visa holders - who LEGALLY entered - to take a job. Most of us are well-educated, have work-experience, or owned a business in the home country. We are desperate to be allowed to work here ! Is it because the H-4's are mostly women, the majority from India ? Many never get their (professional) life back on track. We have to discover that we did not immigrate into "the country of opportunity", quite the contrary - we arrived in the Republic of Gilead. How is it possible these visas still exist in the year 2022 ?
I quite agree, it's a terrible situation, and a way in which the US keeps snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Talented people want to go work there, and they keep them out or keep them from working. Insane.
Thankfully, Canada (where I live) is doing better on that front..
Canada changed many of its immigration rules I think. We immigrated there for a few years in 2000 and I was not allowed to work or go to school. Also I had no access to the Provincial Healthcare System. ("Why would we give you health insurance, you have no value.") I sincerely hope Canada changed this !
I recently finished Isaacson's DaVinci biography and came away with a huge appreciation for art. I tried my hand at a few simple drawings and was of course terrible at it! These guys and gals were immensely talented and had a wider knowledge of the world they brought into their art. DaVinci especially with things like perspective, how pupils dilate in shadows, how cloth creases, etc.
I haven't read that one yet, but I should!
There's a fiction book called Lanark by Alasdair Gray. I read it years ago.
Half of the book is the story of an artist painting a very large, very detailed mural (kind of like Michaelangelo's work), and all that goes on in his head as he does it and how far he's willing to go for his art.
I don't remember the details, but the general impression it left on me was powerful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark:_A_Life_in_Four_Books
Thank you Martin, I'll check it out. Have a good weekend! 💚 🥃