According to an article in Management Issues, British employers are pleased with the points-based immigration plan which would attract the most needed individuals from around the world.  The new plan is expected to streamline the process of immigration and cut costs.  It is also expected to eliminate the outsourcing of jobs to foreign workers by attracting workers to fill gaps in the workforce.  Despite strong support for the proposals, the plans are still in their beginning stages and many people are cautious in their praise.  Major parts of the proposals have not been defined and so the success of the new points-based system is still uncertain.  Some critics question whether or not it will be feasible to make distinctions between desirable and undesirable workers while others fear that the points system will simply create another bureaucratic barrier to active immigrant recruitment.  With a quarter of UK employers having expressed plans to hire migrant workers in the fall of 2005, it is clear that immigration is a high priority for the United Kingdom.  Until the points-based system progresses out of its “embryonic stages” it will hard for anyone to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the widely supported program.