Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by sb52191 287 days ago
> People coming here and extracting value from the economy to send home is also a problem.

What about the American rich extracting wealth overseas? Vacations, real estate, yachts constructed in foreign countries, investing in companies in other countries, etc.

I think you're asserting more money leaves the US economy because an average person comes to the US (legally or illegally) and sends a portion of their paycheck back home, but I'd bet American born citizens spend/send far more money out of the country...