You know why so many Poles applying for visa don't get it, right? It's because they don't have the means to support themselves when they get here. They don't have a sufficient enough bank account, credit history etc. Let's be honest, most of them are planing to overstay and work here illegally. And many do.
I wouldn't care about it, but guess what - the illegal job market here is overtaken by Mexicans 100%. There is no "under the table" work left here, unless you are a Mexican. And they work hard for a small amount of money.
I am a citizen, so I don't mind that, all it means to me is that if I need to trim some fruit trees in my backyard or put in a new shower, or a new roof - I will pay 1/2 for the workmanship, made by Mexicans. But if you're here illegally from Poland looking for a job as a construction worker, a landscaper, a Nanny, guess what - you're screwed, you can't find a job and what's even worst now you have no means to go back. And you know, without visas this would happen to hundreds of thousands if not millions of Polish migrant workers here.
countries that have supported US and maintain some number of soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan have the threshold of 3% highered...
Oh well, should've put more soldiers in Afganistan then I guess.