Non-immigrant spouse worries

What do you think about your wife working? It's a very personal question and depends on various factors. Does she need to work to help with finances or does she need to work to keep herself busy? It's really upto the husband and wife to decide. Well, now how would you feel if the Government told you that your wife is not allowed to work. Will you feel like some right of yours is being violated? This is exactly what the U.S. does to the spouses of non-immigrant (work and student) visa holders.

U.S. does not allow your wife (or husband) to work if you are on a work or student visa. So she has to sit at home all day even if she has a Masters degree and years of experience that will clearly benefit the U.S., if she were to work. To make matters worse, she is not even allowed to have a social security number which is tied to the credit score that is used by banks and lending institutions in deciding if she is eligible for a loan. She may have trouble getting a driver's license which is the de facto ID for all local purposes. If she enrolls into college for further studies, she has to pay the higher tuition fees that are charged to non-residents even if she has stayed there for many years. She is truly a non-existant entity, a second class resident without some of the most basic rights. In this stage she is vulnerable to depression and domestic abuse. That's equal rights, American style! Now for some eye-openers.

• The UK with its much higher population density and cost of living allows the spouse of non-immigrants to take any job he or she pleases to. Go there if you care about your wife.
• Everyone knows how the U.S. likes to boast about its values of freedom and liberty, specially to the conservative middle-eastern countries. Well know this then, even the UAE allows the spouse of a non-immigrant to work.

The right to work is a basic human right that the individual should be the one to choose and not the Government. Doesn't it seem like protectionism on the part of U.S to bar spouses from working? Isn't there already a numerical limit on the number of non-immigrants allowed? How does some women working to spend their time hurt the general population? Even if it does hurt some what, does it trump over their basic right to work? Do not allow people to come in if you're that worried. If you let them in, then allow them all rights and treat them as you would treat anyone else.