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I'm well aware of trumps desire to crackdown on ILLEGAL immigrants but fail to understand how that's going to affect the normal immigrants that make up Silicon
by purple-again 10y ago
I'm well aware of trumps desire to crackdown on ILLEGAL immigrants but fail to understand how that's going to affect the normal immigrants that make up Silicon Valley like the Russian and Indian used as examples in the article.
The travel ban was the first thing I've heard from him that was abhorrent and the near universal smack down it's received from every direction gives me hope that Trump will be kept in his place by our established checks and balances.
- mc32 10y agoIt's probably for sympathetic reasons. If they can scare or get unaffected immigrants to care, it helps their cause for illegal immigrants. Basically they're playing up one angle in the hopes it will cause sympathy in others who are not affected. Employers don't want to seem "exclusive" do they have to send out pro forma communications about their inclusiveness and vision of one world even when they are not affected or minimally affected by the bans. They probably lose more money in the form of lost sales due to export restrictions to other places, but you don't see the dame dire warnings of a threat to viability.
- dragonwriter 10y agoWhile the policy rhetoric often focuses on "illegals", the substantive policy from the Republican Party is anti-immigrant, not just anti-illegal-immigrant. The bill just introduced to cut the number of green cards issued in half, eliminate the diversity lottery, and impose permanent cuts in the number of admitted refugees would be exhibit 1.
- cr1895 10y agoFor reference: http://www.npr.org/2017/02/07/513957928/republican-lawmakers-propose-new-law-to-reduce-legal-immigration http://www.npr.org/2017/02/07/513957928/republican-lawmakers...
- davidw 10y ago> first thing I've heard from him that was abhorrent Respectfully: you have not been paying close attention.