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Bill Gates Speaks Out Against Immigration Policies

Posted by samzenpus on from the losing-our-skillz dept.

Jeian writes "None other than Bill Gates has spoken out against tighter immigration policies in the US. According to Gates, the US is losing skilled immigrants to other countries that are easier to immigrate to. Among his comments: "I personally witness the ill effects of these policies on an almost daily basis at Microsoft.""

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  1. 640,000 immigrants by biocute · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mr Gates did mention that 640K skilled immigrants ought to be enough for USA.

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  2. Translation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Among his comments: "I personally witness the ill effects of these policies on an almost daily basis at Microsoft.""

    In other words, I think my employees suck.

  3. the future by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to Gates, the US is losing skilled immigrants to other countries that are easier to immigrate to.

    Not to mention the US ban on human cloning. At this rate, with no immigrant labor, and no clone slaves, our future workforce is going to be heavily reliant on robots. And we all know how well that always turns out.

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