alt Hacker NewsIf you come to the U.S. on a visa that’s explicitly labeled a “nonimmigrant” visa for people who are “coming temporarily to the United States to perform services,” then it’s not “cruel” to actually enforce that. Those words are literally in the law.
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CWIZO • today at 10:47 AM
The law is ever changing and is not always a reflection of what's right, moral, ethical, etc.
You have plenty of historical examples of this, most prominently slavery being legal.
It's ok to defend a thing, but just because the law says so is very rarely a good argument.
The law doesn't describe reality, though. The so-called "non-immigrant" visas are really not that. "Non-immigrant" has a specific legal meaning, and like many legal terms, they don't match up with what you might consider everyday usage of the term.
And even if they were truly non-immigrant, who cares? If someone comes to the US, does good, useful work, and stays out of trouble, I want them to be given the opportunity to stay permanently. You may not, perhaps, but, well... I don't care.