[grosjona]

Current policies will give more opportunities for Americans.

Trump understands something that technology elites don't; the wealth pie is limited and you have to be deliberate in how you slice it and who you give those slices to.

[nickserv]

Shutting out skilled, educated immigrants doesn't magically make natives more skilled nor better educated.

Take a look at the UK and Brexit, they're having problems hiring enough health care professionals precisely because of their desired post-EU immigration policies. This before they even apply any new rules!

[growlist]

Another way to put this is to say the NHS is insufficiently funded to survive without ongoing imports of cheap labour from poorer countries. The problem would be better solved by reforming the NHS/its funding so that we incentivise the existing population to provide its workforce. Surely propping it up with ceaseless immigration is a ponzi scheme?

[Daishiman]

A poor kid in the US Midwest isn't being held back by a Chinese PhD candidate in the coastal city when the latter can help local companies grow and acquire capital thus facilitating the hiring of locals not just for the company but for the surrounding economy.

The argument is clearly stated in the article. And your assertion about opportunities does not really align with our understanding of immigration policies.

[Jarwain]

Life doesn't have to be a zero sum game.

[SamReidHughes]

Real estate is.

[arcticbull]

Can't you just build higher? Or then into space? It's not really, is it.

[arcticbull]

Sure he's just got the allocations completely inverted.