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Let in a lot more immigrants, and not the refugee kind. Vetted, high skilled immigrants. Let those immigrants have something at stake i.e. provide a path to cit
by jutrewag 3y ago
Let in a lot more immigrants, and not the refugee kind. Vetted, high skilled immigrants. Let those immigrants have something at stake i.e. provide a path to citizenship. Provide automatic citizenship to children of those immigrants born in Europe.
- crop_rotation 3y agoThat is common sense, but saying that for some reasons gets lots of pushback from several people (both in Europe and America). People seem to forget that countries are only able to take modern moral stances due to their prosperity, and once the prosperity is not there, the voters forget morality in an instant.
- jutrewag 3y agoAmerica wouldn’t be nearly as entrepreneurial without immigrants. Something like 50% of all unicorns currently have atleast one Indian immigrant co-founder. Four out of ten unicorns have first gen immigrant founders. https://m.economictimes.com/nri/invest/indians-top-the-list-of-immigrant-founders-of-unicorns-in-us/amp_articleshow/93153406.cms https://m.economictimes.com/nri/invest/indians-top-the-list-...
- areyousure 3y agoIn case anyone is curious, the source linked above states that 11% = 66 of 582 unicorns have an Indian immigrant founder.
- jutrewag 3y agoYeah it’s 50% of the top 50 unicorns
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- anon291 3y agoAmerica takes in more poorer immigrants though
- jutrewag 3y agoPoor but qualified? Unless it’s through the green card lottery I guess and I’m not sure what percent of new immigrants that makes.
- anon291 3y agoYes, America has a family based immigration system. My parents came to this country via family sponsorship, no jobs no money or anything. The H1-B system is over-represented on hacker news because of the industry we're all in. Most immigration to the US is family-based.