Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home
by bergenty on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:38PM
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It’s because legal immigrants are overwhelmingly well educated so they vote like the average well educated American does. It also doesn’t help that the current GOP is more or less openly racist so a vote for them goes against basic self preservation.
Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home
by honkdaddy on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @01:45PM
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Right, but you should be able to see that the “why” doesn’t really make any difference here, the effect is still the same. D’s remain motivated to keep immigration high, R’s remain motivated to bring it down.
Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home
by mbg721 on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @08:50PM
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Saying "Republicans are just uneducated racists, so immigrants don't like them" may be convenient, but it's an oversimplification at best. It doesn't explain voter dynamics in Florida, for instance.
Re:H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home
by bergenty on Wednesday August 24, 2022 @12:13AM
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That’s not what I said at all if you read my comment. I said immigrants, who are educated, vote like the rest of the educated do.
I also said because the GOP has racist policies, it’s actively hostile to immigrants.
Your oversimplification is a straw man.
One of the reasons that immigration and green cards has always been such a hot-button political issue in the US is that first and second generation immigrants tend to overwhelmingly vote Democrat. You end up with this awkward feedback loop where D's are objectively politically motivated to increase immigration, while for R's it's the opposite. Perhaps I'm oversimplifying, that's just how it was explained to me once.