How the broken immigration system is pushing skilled workers to enter illegally

July 2024 The Washington Post
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Undocumented migration from India and China surged nearly sevenfold after the pandemic, paradoxically, from the two countries that already supply most of America’s legal skilled workers. I charted the broken pipeline from work visa to green card to make the case that it’s the restrictive legal immigration system that was pushing people toward unauthorized paths.

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