Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa 398
dcblogs writes "Detroit, a city in bankruptcy and dealing with a shrinking population, hopes to turn itself around with the help of 50,000 employment-based green cards. In exchange for the visa, an immigrant would be required to 'live and work' in Detroit for an undetermined length of time. The visas would be made available under the EB-2 visa category, a visa for advanced degree professionals or those deemed with 'exceptional ability' in the sciences, arts and business. The proposal was made by Michigan's governor, Rick Snyder. Daniel Costa, an immigration policy analyst at Economic Policy Institute, said Snyder would have more credibility on the issue if he were doing more to help workers in Detroit. In 2011, the state cut jobless benefits by six weeks to 20. 'I also think the federal government should be offering people in the U.S. some money and land in Detroit if they'll move there,' said Costa, or 'just offer it to people across the country who have advanced degrees.'"
The real point of what Detroit has to offer... (Score:5, Funny)
...a familiar lifestyle for people from third-world countries with high crime, corrupt cops and crumbling infrastructure.
solutions (Score:2, Funny)
They should build walls around the city so their remaining citizens cannot leave.
Re:The real point of what Detroit has to offer... (Score:5, Funny)
Who needs hippies when you are drowning in hipsters? (This is officially my 1000th and final hipster joke ever. Rejoice!)
I was making hipster jokes before they were cool.
Escape route to Canada (Score:4, Funny)
I think Costa missed a big selling point for Detroit - proximity to Canada. If things keep getting worse instead of better, you're only a bridge away from Windsor, Ontario, Canada! Mexicans upset with low employment and poverty go North and cross the border for a better in the States. That same option is available to us! Southern Ontario has the same climate as Detroit, nicer people, generic drugs, and way less gun and violent crime. Sounds like a solution to me!
(The thing is - even I don't know if know if I'm joking or not...)