Trump Administration Officially Delays 'Startup Visa' Rule (sfchronicle.com)

Trisha Thadani, reporting for SFChronicle: The Trump administration has officially delayed a rule that would allow some foreign entrepreneurs to stay in the U.S. and build their companies. During this delay, the administration will propose a plan to rescind the rule all together, according to a Federal Register notice that will be published Tuesday. This official notice, which will be published in the Federal Register Tuesday, comes exactly one week before the rule was slated to go into effect. It will be delayed until March 14. The International Entrepreneur Rule, is the closest the United States has come to the "startup visa" Silicon Valley has long sought, was approved by the Department of Homeland Security in January during President Barack Obama's waning hours in office.

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Apply for citizenship

[Anonymous Coward]

And roll the dice. But let's stop playing games with privileged corporate visas that don't benefit ordinary Americans, it just benefits large corporations. Taxpayers like us are paying the bills, corporations have lawyers and accountants who help them avoid taxes and regulations that small businesses can't.

In other words...

[Trailer Trash]

was approved by the Department of Homeland Security in January during President Barack Obama's waning hours in office

In other words, it's another one of these policies that is so utterly important to our country that Barack Obama waited until he was 7.95 years through his 8 year term to enact it, and then post-dated it to go into effect during Trump's presidency. Obviously it wasn't a big deal for Obama.

Re: In other words...

[Topwiz]

In some cases it is merely a way for rich foreigners to purchase permanent residency, the so called 'green card' which are actually pink nowadays. There was a recent case in Vermont of an EB-5 scam. The now former Governor and current US Senator Leahy met with the 'investor' but whether they knew it was a scam before it came out in the press is unknown.

Re: In other words...

[phantomfive]

I swear conservatives are stupider than fucking rocks.

At one point in my life, I was trying to decide which party to join. I would think something like, "you know, I like the conservative philosophy: do things that create jobs." Then I would start listening to actual Republicans, and think, "they're dumb as bricks. That guy literally said all he wants is tax cuts for the rich." Then I would switch to the Democrat party.

Soon I would start listening to actual Democratic politicians and think, "they're dumb as bricks. That politician actually said we can all have free X without paying for it." Then I would switch back to Republicans.

After I switched back and forth enough times, I gave up and became independent. I fully disrespect both parties, although I've come to realize they do an adequate job representing their voters.

Re: In other words...

[Archangel Michael]

To be honest, the "dumb" is largely the result of the general population's ignorance (i.e. "dumb") of key issues.

As you say, both parties are "dumb". Hell, I've said the same thing about the Libertarian Party being "dumb" (it is too much of the time).

What you see as "dumb" is the result of single issue voters, who seem to only care about that "one thing" they think matters most in the world. And most of the time, it boils down to "I hate ________ (fill in with D or R or whatever) because they don't care about #mysingleissue"

It causes the cognitive dissonance where people ignore huge character flaws to get what they want in candidates (see Hillary and Donald for example), while only seeing character flaws in their opponents (see Donald and Hillary for example). This is why negative campaigns tend to work better than positive ones.

Which is why I support removing all party affiliations from all government voting material. It is easy to paint (D) or (R) or (L) or (S) candidates as a whole, but much harder if none of that was available.

Re:promises

[bobbied]

Yep, the current administration is rolling back the previous administration's actions one regulation after another..

Isn't that what the current president said he'd do? That's what I remember from the campaign...

Re:Idiocy

[lazarus]

Canada's Startup Visa Program

You're totally right. While the rest of the world is trying to attract the world's top talent, the US is actively hostile towards it. Trump seems to have missed the memo where these people generate wealth and jobs.

Re:promises

[Freischutz]

Sounds to me like it clears the way for US workers to innovate.

Just out of curiosity, how was this 'Startup Visa' rule stopping US workers from innovating? Did each issue 'Startup Visa' issued cause the innovation centres in the brains of one hundred US workers to be deactivated by means of some evil liberal JuJu magic or something?

Re:promises

[PopeRatzo]

Just out of curiosity, how was this 'Startup Visa' rule stopping US workers from innovating?

See, there's this reservoir of American innovation, and the levels are way down. Every time you allow a foreigner to come here an innovate, the reservoir is depleted because American innovators get discouraged and decide to go on disability or become homeless. Because American innovators are sensitive broflakes who are easily triggered by people with different shades of skin or funny accents. And venture capitalists will flock to the foreign startups like fraternity brothers flocking to the hot undergrads. So basically, American innovators will become the VC equivalent of fat chicks at a kegger. Eventually, they might get some venture capital, but only after all the VCs are shitfaced and unable to achieve anything like a tumescent venture capital state. I hope that answers your question.

Back in my day, we never had to deal with any of these pesky foreign innovators. No sir. Now, we name our electric car companies after them. We're going to hell, I tell you.

Listen to Bernie

[rsilvergun]

and the progressives. They're not saying we won't pay for it. They're saying we _can_ and _should_ pay for it. They then proceed to point to all the other wealthy countries paying for it just fine. Big difference.