The votes have been made. The polls counted. The countdown to the declaration of the next Most Powerful Man in the World begins. Halfway around the world, the United States of America is now waiting the victor of their presidential elections. So will it be Obama or McCain?
Sure, as Filipinos, this is way off our business. But the next man to carry the position of US President is really the business of the whole world. Just think of it... Who dropped the bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Wasn't it Harry Truman? Who sent men in voyage to walk on the moon? JFK did. Bush Sr. and just this recent years, George W. Bush made war against the late notorious Saddam Hussein.
Moreover, pushing politics and all that, we should be of what awaits us nurses. What lies of our American Dream is in the hands of either presidentiables. It seems kind of ironic, isn't it? We depend our lives on such ambitions but not having a say to who gets the to have the power. Would they support us or resent our future visa applications? *_* Nevertheless, we know whoever wins the US presidential race will have their hands full. Barack Obama even says that in the event he wins... Having their country get through crisis is a priority and their allies would have to fend for themselves for the time being.
Yet for us nurses, what fate should we prepare for? I have done some research about his and here's what I've found out.
John McCain has had a record of voting for a bill to give visas to foreign skilled workers (yey!). This bill expanded the Visa program for skilled workers.
And for Obama, here is a part of his speech regarding Immigration policies... “The time to fix our broken immigration system is now… We need stronger enforcement on the border and at the workplace… But for reform to work, we also must respond to what pulls people to America… Where we can reunite families, we should. Where we can bring in more foreign-born workers with the skills our economy needs, we should”.
Seem like our dreams may be flowery after all... $$$$$$$$$$$$$
