[gigatexal]

In a few years hopefully we will have a different administration and will open our borders again to all especially those from countries where the regimes are oppressive like that of President Ping of China. I would welcome a liberal immigration policy. Talent is the next oil and America if it wants to stay vibrant and dominant in the world needs to be a place where the best of the best come — but not only the best, everyone else is welcome, too, because you never know what a good education and opportunity will do for an ambitious kid. Immigrants often start foundational companies that go on to employ you and me. But this administration is so xenophobic it is hurting America’s ability to be the melting pot of culture and ideas. Just as Facebook is having a hard time convincing top talent to join it I worry about America not being a place that the next Satya Nadella wants to immigrate to.

[Fjolsvith]

America actually has a pretty liberal immigration policy. The crackdown is on people who do not use the immigration system.

[gigatexal]

I’m second generation Indian-American. It took my uncles and aunties 10-years plus to become citizens. That’s horribly inefficient.

I like Canada’s system where if you can prove you can start a business and employ some locals you get a visa.

[freyr]

That’s because there’s currently a queue of many hundreds of thousands of Indians applying for green cards and citizenship.

It’s not inefficiency, it’s the system working as designed: controlled flow of immigration, and a chance for people from many countries to immigrate.

Trump’s immigration plan (calling it a plan is generous) would get rid of per-country quotas in favor of a points-based system. It would probably be good for primary applicants, but bad for their parents, aunties, and uncles.

[gigatexal]

Well, my aunties and uncles filled jobs that might have gone undone as they were getting acclimated and integrating. They cleaned offices, worked at convienence stores, eventually went to school and became accountants and engineers. The falling birth rate means immigration needs to increase and people need their families for some normalcy. A PHD who can’t come and live with her family in the states will take a post at a tech accelerator in Paris if they offer to sponsor her family as well. Again, talent is the new oil and the US can’t afford to lose that battle if it wants to stay relevant.

[macintux]

I’ll believe the crackdown is strictly about illegal immigration when our First Lady is shown the door.

[sanxiyn]

Why would First Lady be shown the door? Isn't marriage visa legal?

I am in favor of prosecuting past visa violations but don't see the problem with current status.

[macintux]

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/melania-trump-immigra...

[phyrex]

It’s president Xi, my friend, the Chinese put the family name first and American media usually sticks with “Xi Jinping”.

[gigatexal]

Edit: President Xi.