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I think people in the tech industry "get it" when it comes to immigration, but that flies in the face of so much of the xenophobia I see out there. Maybe the te

I think people in the tech industry "get it" when it comes to immigration, but that flies in the face of so much of the xenophobia I see out there. Maybe the tech industry should invest in some educational outreach efforts to at least try and change the tide of things? I see too many talented people come to America only to pack and go home a few years later.

hugh3 16y ago
I've never really seen any sort of xenophobia in the US. It's one of the least xenophobic places in the world. The real barriers to foreigners coming to the US are all bureaucratic.
- alextp 16y ago
  How is your experience in the US? Is it mostly NYC, New England, and California (or big cities in other places)? From what I hear rural america (which controls a disproportionate share of the voting power) tends to be more xenophobic, specially around the border with mexico.
  - tokenadult 16y ago
    From what I hear rural america Should I take this in the natural way that a native speaker of English would take it, to mean that you have never personally been to rural America? Where else have you been, and what other countries' attitudes toward immigrants are you comparing to the United States, which has one of the highest rates of legal immigration in the world? I should explain that I have spent much of my life in rural America (where my mother grew up, and where most of my aunts and uncles and cousins live). The rural Americans I know have been very accepting of my wife, a first-generation immigrant, and generally accepting of immigrants to the degree of often hiring immigrants as their various business ventures scale up. I have also lived outside the United States, although only on one other continent, and in my years overseas I have met quite a few people from a variety of countries who report that their countries of course also limit immigration. Is there any country in the world today with no restrictions at all on immigration? Where is it? Who emigrates to settle there?
- davidmurphy 16y ago
  I don't know. I have encountered people who frankly I find to be quite racist/ethnically biased against Hispanics, for instance.
- ojbyrne 16y ago
  Recently in an AR hotel the tv was broadcasting the story of Yuri Milner buying a house in CA for $100 million, and mentioned it had a pool. One of the people in the room said, quite loudly, "they should have drowned him in the pool before they showed it." I'm pretty sure that was related to him being a foreigner.
- bigwally 16y ago
  I've seen plenty of xenophobia coming from the US media. How you've managed to never see any is a miracle.
- pan69 16y ago
  "I've never really seen any sort of xenophobia in the US. It's one of the least xenophobic places in the world." Sorry. But that really made me laugh out loud. Seriously. Where do you think that bureaucracy finds it's origin?

hugh3 16y ago

I've never really seen any sort of xenophobia in the US. It's one of the least xenophobic places in the world. The real barriers to foreigners coming to the US are all bureaucratic.

alextp 16y ago
How is your experience in the US? Is it mostly NYC, New England, and California (or big cities in other places)? From what I hear rural america (which controls a disproportionate share of the voting power) tends to be more xenophobic, specially around the border with mexico.
- tokenadult 16y ago
  From what I hear rural america Should I take this in the natural way that a native speaker of English would take it, to mean that you have never personally been to rural America? Where else have you been, and what other countries' attitudes toward immigrants are you comparing to the United States, which has one of the highest rates of legal immigration in the world? I should explain that I have spent much of my life in rural America (where my mother grew up, and where most of my aunts and uncles and cousins live). The rural Americans I know have been very accepting of my wife, a first-generation immigrant, and generally accepting of immigrants to the degree of often hiring immigrants as their various business ventures scale up. I have also lived outside the United States, although only on one other continent, and in my years overseas I have met quite a few people from a variety of countries who report that their countries of course also limit immigration. Is there any country in the world today with no restrictions at all on immigration? Where is it? Who emigrates to settle there?
davidmurphy 16y ago
I don't know. I have encountered people who frankly I find to be quite racist/ethnically biased against Hispanics, for instance.
ojbyrne 16y ago
Recently in an AR hotel the tv was broadcasting the story of Yuri Milner buying a house in CA for $100 million, and mentioned it had a pool. One of the people in the room said, quite loudly, "they should have drowned him in the pool before they showed it." I'm pretty sure that was related to him being a foreigner.
bigwally 16y ago
I've seen plenty of xenophobia coming from the US media. How you've managed to never see any is a miracle.
pan69 16y ago
"I've never really seen any sort of xenophobia in the US. It's one of the least xenophobic places in the world." Sorry. But that really made me laugh out loud. Seriously. Where do you think that bureaucracy finds it's origin?