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Tim Cook Told Trump Tech Employees Are 'Nervous' About Immigration (cnbc.com)
Behind the scenes at the White House tech CEO meeting, Apple CEO Tim Cook told President Donald Trump that technology employees are "nervous" about the administration's approach to immigration, CNBC reports, citing a source familiar with the exchange. From the report: The source said the president told the CEOs on Monday that the Senate's health-care bill needs "more heart." That would be a second known instance of the president criticizing the GOP plan in private meetings. To that, the source said, Cook replied that the immigration approach by the administration also "needs more heart." Cook cited the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which is under review by the Trump administration. He also said people in tech and their co-workers were nervous about their status, and added that it "would be great" if the president could "send them a signal." Here's what executives of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft said.
When there's a policy that will favor citizens instead of guest workers, nerves should be a bit frazzled.
That's how we know Trump has chosen the right policy. Besides, it's time that globalists like Cook show a little heart for citizens - by respecting the law and enforcing it consistently.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.
Yeah...I"m of the thought that most immigrant tech workers are NOT here as illegal aliens, and are not in imminent in danger of being deported.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
Well, if you didn't have so many illegal aliens working for lower wages and, often, being paid under the table....you'd have Americans working in construction again, I hear this from friends that want to do that work, but can't afford to any longer due to the illegals suppressing wages.
Construction jobs are not jobs that American's don't want...as is often brought up.
They want them, but at reasonable true market driven wages like they used to be.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
There are some many 'anonymous sources' in the news today you don't know what to believe. When I see those words I automatically think 'fake news'. If it true just come and say it.
BTW: An anonymous source says that /. is about to make me their CEO.
You say things that offend me and I can deal with it. Can you?
They're spouses of workers here are what are ostensibly temporary visas which were themselves issued for temporary labor shortages. Those 'temporary' shortages have been going on for at least 15 years. That's 3 full college classes start to finish.
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This.
Look, anyone with a computer science degree has probably learned between six and forty computing languages and mastered them in his or her lifetime.
Stop bringing in foreign experts - who rarely are - and start investing in our own human capital.
Reminds me of the days, two years after Java was released, where job postings asked for five years of Java programming experience.
Oh, and start actually hiring women. They can code. And, no, they don't want to be your work girlfriend. It's a job.
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European here.
Healthcare is a public service, not a corporate one.
Cook should pay salaries and taxes, and the gov't should do the rest.
The idea that Americans consider healthcare an employer's responsibility is simply awkward from our point of view.