It was never 'legal vs illegal' nor is it about skilled vs unskilled - these were always imperfect proxies for the real debate, which is white vs non-white immigration.
Trump is incredibly crude, but he at least does not have (or perhaps, care for) the sophistry to disguise his preferences: Norwegians please, not people from 'sh1thole' countries. This is broadly the position of the nativist right, whilst Musk and the SV tech CEO's are capitalists at heart, so don't really care other being able to hire who they want when they want, insulated as they are to every other consideration outside of company success.
I was expecting this. This is the only reason why Musk buttered up Trump. Trump would have abolished H1B and ended Musk’s workforce.
I find the H1B argument farcical. If Americans are so bad why don’t these companies simply outsource it all to Indian IT firms? Nope. What they want is slave labor.
Musk and the tech elite are loudly proclaiming I got mine, screw all of you.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 31.6 ms ] threadTrump is incredibly crude, but he at least does not have (or perhaps, care for) the sophistry to disguise his preferences: Norwegians please, not people from 'sh1thole' countries. This is broadly the position of the nativist right, whilst Musk and the SV tech CEO's are capitalists at heart, so don't really care other being able to hire who they want when they want, insulated as they are to every other consideration outside of company success.
Masks are off, for both sides
Where is your proof that it isnt true?
>it's more about skilled and un-skilled immigration.
Where is the proof for this statement?
>immigrants that come here and become burdens on the system
Where is your source for this statement? Can you show how it is correlated with skilled vs unskilled labor?
>people that will only use these services and never pay for them.
Where is your source for this claim of immigrants not contributing to the tax system?
>argument usually stops here
It would be impossible to have an argument, you have done nothing but state baseless claims with no sources or evidence
I find the H1B argument farcical. If Americans are so bad why don’t these companies simply outsource it all to Indian IT firms? Nope. What they want is slave labor.
Musk and the tech elite are loudly proclaiming I got mine, screw all of you.