Assumption 1: H1B visa to GC is majorly a tech problem Assumption 2: Most tech workers live in California, Washington and New York The States of California, Washington and New York are reliably blue and pro-immigrant states. It wouldn't be wrong to say that they majorly benefit from the taxes paid by these H1B workers. Why then do these states not grant state citizenship to qualified H1B workers using a criteria which is fair and the process not as long drawn out as the current GC process? Currently the country is very divided on the issue of immigration but these 3 states aren't, so why wait for a federal solution when it can also be addressed by the individual states? What am I missing?
I am guessing you are H-1B? This sounds like a half-baked idea borne out of desperation. When children in the U.S. start school every morning, what is the first thing done before class?
Oath !
You're questioning the very concept of a country! Lmao!
Whatever OP is smoking, I want some of it
I'll tell you what you're missing. Sleep, that's what.
The US Supreme Court has ruled immigration is exclusively under federal jurisdiction. States are not truly states (i.e. countries or sovereign), more like provinces. I suppose we could have a civil war over it ...
Last time I checked we already had one: a confederation of sovereign states was fighting against the Union.
I don't think that was over H1-b...