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Why would Einstein and Torvalds go through this nonsense bureaucracy? When those guys came, the process was smooth and welcoming. Not anymore.
by NTDF9 9y ago
Why would Einstein and Torvalds go through this nonsense bureaucracy?
When those guys came, the process was smooth and welcoming. Not anymore.
- gumby 9y agoActually when Einstein came the process was anything but smooth and welcoming. Einstein fled Europe because of anti-jewish policies yet jewish immigration to the US was also restricted, as was immigration from Asia. There were notorious cases of refugee ships denied entry. Torvalds, happily, did not face the same problems.
- rdtsc 9y ago> When those guys came, the process was smooth and welcoming. Not anymore. In 1930s immigration was capped immigration to 150k. All immigration from Asian countries was barred (with few exceptions). Oh and US deported 400k Mexicans, as well. I think we'd want to pick a different time period to show the friendliness of US immigration. Otherwise we are proving the opposite argument that even with an unwelcoming and xenophobic policy the best and brightest were still able to immigrate.
- NTDF9 9y agoAFAIK, Einstien was neither Mexican nor Asian.