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Re:Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked by fortydegrees on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @10:11AM (#20809748)
While I agree with your thoughts on curbing high-skilled immigration, I'm curious as to why you think it's mainly Trump's fault and/or a new 'racist' policy? This sort of thing has been going on for a long time. Trump's deported fewer people than Obama [0].

I agree that this shouldn't be happening, but question both the accuracy and utility of blaming it on Trump.

Maybe if we had a more correct diagnosis, we as hackers - as you say - could be a more effective force against this.

[0] https://www.axios.com/immigration-ice-deportation-trump-obam...

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Re:Incoming Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked by damnyou on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @01:35AM (#20817070)
One of the worst misconceptions many people have is that the world works on policy.

Policy simply does not matter in such situations. This is entirely about identity, signaling, and sending nativists messages from the top.

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