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Immigrants are a net positive for the economy!

by davidw 6y ago

_nhynes 6y ago
Indeed. A.S. G^2P was meant to chide the current administration for the (clearly very political) travel bans [0], temporary (??) suspension of visas (incl. H1-B) [1], and general racist isolationism. [0]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation... [1]: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-suspend-h-1b-other-visas-until-end-of-year https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-s...
- ThomPete 6y ago
  For what it's worth H1Bs were being misused by indian tech companies who got the majority of them [1] because the salary requirements haden't been updated for decades [2] That meant the ability to undercut american workers. I don't think there is anything racist about that. [1] https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/02/09/h-1b-visas-do-mainly-go-to-indian-outsourcing-firms https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/02/09/h-1b-visa... [2] https://alj.artrepreneur.com/h1b-visa-crackdown/#:~:text=Currently%2C%20to%20qualify%20for%20an,a%20minimum%20of%20%24130%2C000%20annually https://alj.artrepreneur.com/h1b-visa-crackdown/#:~:text=Cur....
- layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
  Racist? I’m a white European - where do I sign up for my visa?
dhosek 6y ago
In 1993, the California Republican Assembly (a conservative activist group chartered by the state party) passed a resolution declaring illegal immigration to be an economic positive for the state of California. A year later the party decided to go all-in on anti-immigration hysteria and paid for some disturbingly racist ads ("they keep coming"). This gave them short-term gains politically but by the 2010s the Republican party fell into permanent minority status with little prospect for even reaching the level to keep the democrats out of supermajority status in the near-term future.
- drocer88 6y ago
  Ralph Abernathy and Walter Mondale supported Ceasar Chavez's marches to fight against illegal immigration. Ronald Reagan had no problems with using such strikebreakers

Immigrants are a net positive for the economy!

by davidw 6y ago

Immigrants are a net positive for the economy!

Indeed. A.S. G^2P was meant to chide the current administration for the (clearly very political) travel bans [0], temporary (??) suspension of visas (incl. H1-B) [1], and general racist isolationism. [0]: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation-suspension-entry-immigrants-nonimmigrants-persons-pose-risk-transmitting-2019-novel-coronavirus/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/proclamation... [1]: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-suspend-h-1b-other-visas-until-end-of-year https://www.npr.org/2020/06/20/881245867/trump-expected-to-s...

ThomPete 6y ago
For what it's worth H1Bs were being misused by indian tech companies who got the majority of them [1] because the salary requirements haden't been updated for decades [2] That meant the ability to undercut american workers. I don't think there is anything racist about that. [1] https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/02/09/h-1b-visas-do-mainly-go-to-indian-outsourcing-firms https://www.economist.com/united-states/2017/02/09/h-1b-visa... [2] https://alj.artrepreneur.com/h1b-visa-crackdown/#:~:text=Currently%2C%20to%20qualify%20for%20an,a%20minimum%20of%20%24130%2C000%20annually https://alj.artrepreneur.com/h1b-visa-crackdown/#:~:text=Cur....
layoutIfNeeded 6y ago
Racist? I’m a white European - where do I sign up for my visa?

dhosek 6y ago

In 1993, the California Republican Assembly (a conservative activist group chartered by the state party) passed a resolution declaring illegal immigration to be an economic positive for the state of California. A year later the party decided to go all-in on anti-immigration hysteria and paid for some disturbingly racist ads ("they keep coming"). This gave them short-term gains politically but by the 2010s the Republican party fell into permanent minority status with little prospect for even reaching the level to keep the democrats out of supermajority status in the near-term future.

drocer88 6y ago
Ralph Abernathy and Walter Mondale supported Ceasar Chavez's marches to fight against illegal immigration. Ronald Reagan had no problems with using such strikebreakers