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Being enthusiastic about American values should be more important than having an occupation currently in demand:

[People like Mark Krikorian and Pat Buchanan] say that we should only be looking for immigrants who have skills that we need right now in the job market, but that’s the wrong way of thinking about immigration. We need immigrants who are enthusiastic about becoming Americans, who want to take advantage of the myriad opportunities of this country to better themselves and become strong and faithful members of their local communities. In short, what should matter is not what an immigrant knows but what an immigrant wants.

This is hard to argue against, but the problem is that the latter is much more difficult to establish than the former. We can’t read people’s minds yet.

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