A Work Ethic is Merit Too

Trump's new proposal for an immigration policy emphasizes "merit" as one of the big qualifications that illegal immigrants can demonstrate in order to stay in The United States.

This is a sigh of relief for all of the talented workers in such places as Silicon Valley.  However, I think that the "merit" virtue should explicitly apply to those illegals who, though perhaps not so educated, show a huge work ethic.

My proposal is that the educational and work-related part of the merit applications be fulfilled if the illegal immigrant is currently working 80 hours per week or more.

Not only does that kind of work ethic show an admirable virtue; but it fits into the immigration system with practicality.  Since there are so many welfare programs that cater to illegal immigrants, cutting them all off poses no problem, since the immigrant workaholics can get by on their own.

Paul Wharton

Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter