409 Days Left...

We've had a bit of a "fellow crunch" over the past week...one of my co-fellows had to go be with his family in Lebanon for an emergency, and now he is having problems getting back into the country because of visa issues! Obviously this is causing him considerable stress (his wife and young child remain in Boston), and from my own standpoint I admit it's a considerable hassle. It means that instead of dividing up our workload into 4 fellows, it's divided up into 3 fellows. Makes a big difference. In any case, this situation is illustrative of a major flaw in our nation's immigration policies. My friend/co-fellow is a physician, a productive member of society with a family living in the U.S. for several years, whose presence is sorely missed at work and at home, and now he is being prevented from coming back into the country? All while thousands of often jobless immigrants arrive in our country via unregulated borders and little regulation? Does this seem like a good policy? It's lacking in common sense, but then again that could describe a lot of policies of our current administration. Only 409 Days left...