[robonerd]

> while keeping out the Putin-aligned plants

America doesn't need political purity tests, let them all come. If the concern is espionage, that's the FBI's concern to worry about. If the concern is them sending money back to Russia, simply forbid that. If the concern is their influence on American politics.. well that's a non-issue because native born Americans sympathetic to Putin far outnumber all the PhDs in Russia. And besides, American society can and should be able to tolerate dissent. A small number of wackos are outnumbered by reasonable people and aren't a realistic threat to the system.

[mistrial9]

> sending money back to Russia, simply forbid that.

hmm - working people usually send money to those that need it, whatever the language spoken...

[robonerd]

There are presently sanctions forbidding it, are there not? Those sanctions are what I'm referring to. Language has nothing to do with it.

[thriftwy]

People will not emigrate if it means leaving relatives and family behind. That's why you saw so little emigration from the USSR - once they're out they were completely shut off.