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Mike Erickson: “Making the process of getting a work visa is very difficult…”

Featuring: Mike Erickson, Former Candidate, U.S. House Oregon, District 6

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November 2022 elections_ Congressional District 6

Published | Video Starts at 51:01

Once you get that acceptance, then you can go back and fill the form. And so that's a bit of a process. I'm not sure if anybody's done that. But Making the process of getting a work visa is very difficult, and most people don't do that. So what you're doing is you're seeing right now a flooding of people coming to this country here, claiming asylum. And they come in, they get bused someplace. (51:01–51:08)

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Asserts that the work visa process is difficult and underutilized.

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