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American universities are (currently, if not for long) the best in the world. A big reason for that is because smart people from all over the world come to Ame

by mhneu 8y ago

American universities are (currently, if not for long) the best in the world. A big reason for that is because smart people from all over the world come to American universities. Those smart people come to America in part because of its multicultural society. You can come from India or Germany or Japan and live your life in the US (again, presently, but it's changing) much more easily than in other, more homogeneous countries. That multiculturalism is what is being destroyed, to the United States economy's great detriment. (The H-1B visa situation is orthogonal. Yes, the lottery system needs reform, and no America shouldn't be importing young mid-to-low level tech employees from abroad to lower the pay of other tech employees. But the war on immigration has a much larger arc than that. Sergey Brin's parents came to the US for its acceptance of immigrants and its values. THAT is what is being destroyed.)

artificial 8y ago
>That multiculturalism is what is being destroyed, to the United States economy's great detriment. The economy is doing extremely well. >(The H-1B visa situation is orthogonal. Yes, the lottery system needs reform, and no America shouldn't be importing young mid-to-low level tech employees from abroad to lower the pay of other tech employees. Eliminate it already. The H-1B is massively abused by corrupt companies that exploit their workers and lobby to increase quota limits. The O visas have no quota, if they're exceptional people as these companies claim then use that. >But the war on immigration has a much larger arc than that. Sergey Brin's parents came to the US for its acceptance of immigrants and its values. THAT is what is being destroyed. As did Steve Job's parents. They came to America and became Americans, as it should be, and they also didn't over stay a visa or sneak in. Conflating those that do with those that don't is immensely dishonest. It seems like anything less than amnesty and open borders is a "war". It's all about exploitation, especially for the undocumented.

by mhneu 8y ago

artificial 8y ago

>That multiculturalism is what is being destroyed, to the United States economy's great detriment. The economy is doing extremely well. >(The H-1B visa situation is orthogonal. Yes, the lottery system needs reform, and no America shouldn't be importing young mid-to-low level tech employees from abroad to lower the pay of other tech employees. Eliminate it already. The H-1B is massively abused by corrupt companies that exploit their workers and lobby to increase quota limits. The O visas have no quota, if they're exceptional people as these companies claim then use that. >But the war on immigration has a much larger arc than that. Sergey Brin's parents came to the US for its acceptance of immigrants and its values. THAT is what is being destroyed. As did Steve Job's parents. They came to America and became Americans, as it should be, and they also didn't over stay a visa or sneak in. Conflating those that do with those that don't is immensely dishonest. It seems like anything less than amnesty and open borders is a "war". It's all about exploitation, especially for the undocumented.