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And of course the "americans" they're talking about are descended from immigrants themselves, because you can be sure they're not saying that the jobs should go
by eridius 7y ago
And of course the "americans" they're talking about are descended from immigrants themselves, because you can be sure they're not saying that the jobs should go to indigenous people.
- deogeo 7y agoIs the logic that, because they are descended from immigrants, they are not allowed to put the interests of their own citizens first?
- eridius 7y agoIt is in the interests of our citizens to have talent flow into the US instead of flowing out. But that wasn't really my point. My point was people who have benefitted from our country's historic immigration practices are decrying the continuation of those practices.
- deogeo 7y ago'Continuation' is inaccurate - your country's historic immigration practices began with "free White persons of good character" [1], and were effectively 'whites only' until 1965 [2]. But the 'nation of immigrants' rhetoric omits this. Those are the practices they probably benefited from. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization_Act_of_1790 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization_Act_of_1790 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Ac...