Re:U.S. To Seek Social Media Details from All Visa Applicants
by AlexandrB on Friday March 30, 2018 @08:13AM
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> Why do you deserve a job over a resident with equal skills?
This kind of discourse around immigration in some circles is extremely short-sighted. Every time America has taken in a wave of immigrants - whether unskilled or skilled (e.g. scientists fleeing Germany in WWII) it has been a net positive for the county in the long run. The idea that labor is a zero-sum game - where a job occupied by an immigrant is one not going to a native - is ridiculous on its face.
Consider a similar idea on the consumption side - "if an immigrant buys a TV it's bad because that means an American won't be able to get a TV" - to see how silly it is. But years of propaganda about "immigrants taking our jobs" has somehow turned this into a truism.
In conclusion, please read some research on the topic before trotting out this tired talking point [1][2][3].
This kind of discourse around immigration in some circles is extremely short-sighted. Every time America has taken in a wave of immigrants - whether unskilled or skilled (e.g. scientists fleeing Germany in WWII) it has been a net positive for the county in the long run. The idea that labor is a zero-sum game - where a job occupied by an immigrant is one not going to a native - is ridiculous on its face.
Consider a similar idea on the consumption side - "if an immigrant buys a TV it's bad because that means an American won't be able to get a TV" - to see how silly it is. But years of propaganda about "immigrants taking our jobs" has somehow turned this into a truism.
In conclusion, please read some research on the topic before trotting out this tired talking point [1][2][3].
[1] http://www.migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings...
[2] http://www.hamiltonproject.org/papers/what_immigration_means...
[3] https://www.nap.edu/read/5779/chapter/6#140