> Forcing companies to hire out of the _massive_ pool of workers is good for the country, its people, just not so good for the profit margins of the companies h

> Forcing companies to hire out of the _massive_ pool of workers is good for the country, its people, just not so good for the profit margins of the companies hiring foreign labour to save money & labour rights strength. Except that this is a myopic view of the economy as a zero-sum game that is not supported by actual... well, evidence. https://www.cato.org/blog/three-reasons-why-immigrants-arent-going-take-job https://www.cato.org/blog/three-reasons-why-immigrants-arent... The point about Canada and the EU is that companies can and will move operations to places with more liberal immigration systems. Taxes, innovation and many other benefits will accrue to those places, rather than the US.