@MrBlond , please educate me here. Certainly, if you have a job offer from inside the US then getting a work visa is not difficult (a few months, I believe). Are you suggesting that queue of people (assuming "illegal immigrants" is an incorrect term - again, please educate me) captured in the photo that is the topic here is representative of how Twitter employees (especially the ones "running Twitter") enter the US? If so, WOW... I wouldn't have thought that would be the case!
Maybe you are talking about the types of work visas required if you
don't have a job offer? That would mean these folks fit into one of the below categories,? In each of these cases it is far more difficult than if you have an offer on the table:
EB-1A
This type of visa is for people that are able to demonstrate extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics through sustained national or international acclaim. These types of visa are only attainable by a very small number of people, for example, people who have been awarded international awards for their ability. Outstanding researchers and professors are also able to apply for an EB-1A visa, with the requirement that they have received international recognition for their achievements in their field.
EB-4
The special immigrant EB-4 visa is for certain religious workers and employees of US foreign service posts.
EB-5
The EB-5 visa is for investors, and anyone applying for this must have a minimum of $900,000 to invest in a US commercial project. The investment is aimed at providing more employment in areas of the US where there are high levels of employment. There is no requirement for a job offer but the investment project must be approved. The investment minimum used to be $500,000 but was increased to $900,000 in November 2019.
But again, just WOW. Having so many talented talented people scaling border walls and fording the Rio Grande is simply shocking. Assuming that the 72,000 people accounted for since 10/1 fit into these categories evenly distributed would mean 24k people each lugging at least $900k across the border would total at least $21BB of liquidity flowing into the economy!
And that's not even tallying up the substantial brain power and collective education of the remaining folks... damn, why are we so dumb? Please help me understand.