Re:The Strange Politics of Peter Thiel, Trump’s Most Unlikel...
by throwaway13337 on Thursday July 21, 2016 @12:47PM
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As some of the siblings point out, it seems like a contradiction that he complains about the lack of tech workers but also is against mass immigration.
These aren't actually opposing when you look deeper - the US does not provide much of a means of legal immigration for high skilled worker.
On the other hand, the US also does not restrict illegal immigration so much - it's easy to get a menial job, a driver's license, just about everything without a legal visa status.
In essence, you have a defacto second class citizen type immigration with a very limited first class immigration ability of the US.
Probably this is the opposite of what would benefit the country most.
These aren't actually opposing when you look deeper - the US does not provide much of a means of legal immigration for high skilled worker.
On the other hand, the US also does not restrict illegal immigration so much - it's easy to get a menial job, a driver's license, just about everything without a legal visa status.
In essence, you have a defacto second class citizen type immigration with a very limited first class immigration ability of the US.
Probably this is the opposite of what would benefit the country most.