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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."
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."
except they'll have to pay them more.
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Plenty of opportunities here. And no Trump.
Funny thing is... this proposed plan would move US immigration policy closer to that of Canada and the EU, with more emphasis on prioritizing immigrants with particular skills and/or some level of wealth.
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Whats dreadful, is the willful ignorance of the "to be conquered"... When you end up with NOGO zones, you are being CURRENTLY conquered. Its the NEW invasion tactic. You just CHOOSE to ignore or deny this. That does not mean it isn't happening and isn't a reality for MANY non-Muslims facing an invading force, unwilling to assimilate... You can go on Youtube or dozens of other places, and listen to HUNDREDS of Muslim Imams state OPENLY that they are using the Refugee crisis in Europe to INFILTRATE and commit acts of terrorism in the western world. Hell, they are PROUD of it... Anyone denying that Radical Islam is a problem for the western world still, just isn't paying attention to world events. Period. As a technician of 27 years, and someone who spends 15-20 hours a day online, doing research, across the web... I can tell you that the sampling I take as far as information, spans BOTH sides of the debate. Unfortunately, facts are facts, and they don't support the "Religion of Peace" that Islam keeps telling us they are all about. More like the "Religion of Pieces" As several European leaders have quoted...
Yeah, you tell 'em brother, because nothing like that would ever happen in the United States. No religion would carve out its own enclave in this country or force women to submit to its "teachings". Nor would they harass girls or demand their religious take precedence.
Actually, it has exactly the immigration policy I think it has.
The article you linked to is not about immigration policy. It is a flame-bait piece railing against supposed rampant illegal immigration and decrying how some Canadian cities are declaring themselves "Sanctuary Cities", which in the author's opinion is apparently sending Canada down the toilet. But, even so, that article briefly mentions how "Our rules are tough but fair, they’re applied evenly and they focus on bringing the best people to Canada and benefiting all Canadians."
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