Silicon Valley Says Trump Plan To Reduce Immigration Will Hurt Economy (cbslocal.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS Local: President Donald Trump's push to cut legal immigration to the United States in half is being met by opposition from Silicon Valley leaders, economists, and even some Republicans senators, who all say legal immigration is key to economic prosperity. The Trump administration Wednesday endorsed the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act or RAISE Act, a Senate bill introduced by two Republican senators earlier this year, that aims to cut all U.S. immigration in half. Business leaders, especially those in California's tech industry, say the bill will stymie their ability to fill jobs and grow the U.S. economy. California's economy is the sixth largest in the world and many attribute that success, in part, to immigration. The Information Technology Industry Council, which represents companies including Amazon, Apple, Adobe, Dell, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, Google, Visa, Nokia, and Microsoft railed against the bill.

Dean Garfield, President and CEO of the council said, "This is not the right proposal to fix our immigration system because it does not address the challenges tech companies face, injects more bureaucratic dysfunction, and removes employers as the best judge of the employee merits they need to succeed and grow the U.S. economy." Garfield argues that the tech industry cannot find enough STEM-skilled Americans to fill open positions and that U.S. immigration policy "stops us from keeping the best and brightest innovators here in the U.S. and instead we lose out to our overseas competitors."

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Re:Depends on what kind of immigrant

[PopeRatzo]

People bringing nothing, and actually sending whatever money they make back to their original country to feed their relatives back home = drain on the economy

Pay attention, you stupid cunt.

My grandfather came here from Sicily not knowing a word of English, and his only work experience was as a shepherd. A fucking shepherd. His son, my father, won a Bronze Star in WWII fighting with Merrill's Marauders. I have a PhD and made enough money to retire at 50. My wife came to the US from Eastern Europe knowing little English and her only work experience was as a stewardess. She got a PhD in Math and is now a tenured Math professor at a top tier university. Our daughter is finishing her PhD in Math right now and has been running a successful startup of her own.

The immigrants in my family came here with nothing. They sent money back to family. Guys like Donald Trump and Stephen Miller and you aren't fit to shine their shoes or the shoes of their progeny.