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Why is that regulated by federal government at all? Shouldn’t there be different immigration regulations in the Silicon Valley and in e.g. rural Ohio?
However, you're 100% correct that picking "the optimal number of immigrants" by committee is a terrible idea: http://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-optimal-number...
>Trump might cite my work, but he overlooks my findings that the influx of immigrants can potentially be a net good for the nation, increasing the total wealth of the population. >The fiscal burden offsets the gain from the $50 billion immigration surplus, so it’s not too farfetched to conclude that immigration has barely affected the total wealth of natives at all.
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It's not quite as simple as that. Immigration can in some cases actually create more jobs in the economy, but in other cases doesn't have this effect, so its hard to pinpoint the optimal amount of immigration for economic growth.
I would love to see the study that can find a case where immigration creates more jobs than it consumes.
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Most liberals, I guess, were ignoring the problem you have described even during the Brexit. [1] I recall this Sam Harris piece [2] in this respect. [1] most liberals are forcing the natives to tolerate even the intolerances that the immigrants are bringing with themselves due to their cultures [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YCWf0tHy7M
I think what terrifies me the most, that genuinely keeps me up at night, is not wars or pandemics, but powerlessness in the face of a steady inexplicable decline that nobody can really understand. That I find scary, because it has actually happened, and I suspect a complex systems collapse (the technical term) is by far our greatest threat.
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Wouldn't that require having an internal visa system? While some countries do it (China), it's a bit antithetical to having a unified country with a single foreign policy
Currently, if you’ll get a regular L-1 US visa, you’ll only be able to work for the petitioning company. This effectively limits your ability to move. The system works without internal borders within the US. Also look at Canada. Different Canadian provinces have their own immigration programs, with different caps and criteria: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/provincial/
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Currently, if you’ll get a regular L-1 US visa, you’ll only be able to work for the petitioning company. This effectively limits your ability to move. The system works without internal borders within the US. Also look at Canada. Different Canadian provinces have their own immigration programs, with different caps and criteria: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/provincial/
How enforceable is Canada's system? I believe permanent residents have the right to live anywhere in Canada (citizens certainly do), so what's to stop people applying through the easiest province and then moving wherever they want?
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They get to stay in the country, work, some welfare etc, but without having to go through the system in the same bureaucratic way.
In what way do illegal immigrants get more welfare? I'm aware the some programs are restricted for legal immigrants (pending some waiting period or citizenship), but to my knowledge they are more restricted for those without legal status.
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Most liberals, I guess, were ignoring the problem you have described even during the Brexit. [1] I recall this Sam Harris piece [2] in this respect. [1] most liberals are forcing the natives to tolerate even the intolerances that the immigrants are bringing with themselves due to their cultures [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YCWf0tHy7M
I think what terrifies me the most, that genuinely keeps me up at night, is not wars or pandemics, but powerlessness in the face of a steady inexplicable decline that nobody can really understand. That I find scary, because it has actually happened, and I suspect a complex systems collapse (the technical term) is by far our greatest threat.
The Mayan example given here by someguydave shown some kind of system collapse. Is a similar thing that terrifies you or what?
The article quantifies the major cost of increased immigration as "the earnings of [high school dropouts] dropped by between $800 and $1,500 each year." It describes the benefits to immigrants as "Immigrants, too, gain substantially; their total earnings far exceed what their income would have been had they not migrated." To take a specific example, maids in India make about $3 a day. If they had the opportunity to m…
Did it ever occur to you that the government of the US works for the United States citizens who pay their salaries?
If you would like to take $10k from your own salary and send it to someone on the other side of the globe, feel free, but I'm not interested in becoming a personal charity to the third world based on your personal ethics.
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For all 'skilled' immigrants, but /particularly/ the high end, you should encourage the following. * The immigrant must be employed with no gap exceeding 1 year, but they are free to seek out work with another company at at least the median (50th percentile) market rate of compensation for a job. * Their sponsor employer must pay them at least the 75th percentile market rate of compensation for that type of job. * ST…
Another issue is that some companies will find a way around by using different job titles with a lower average salary
The H1-B program is rife with corruption. It should be ended immediately.