Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Parents

Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by tsotha on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @02:05AM (#9339022)

There isn't much anti-immigration sentiment in the US. What we have in the US is anti illegal immigration sentiment.

In terms of European countries there was an article about a week ago regarding Americans going to Germany for free college. The Germans were hoping they'd stay.

I think people worry about the quality of immigrants. We want more young Sergei Brins and fewer middle aged guys with a sixth grade education.

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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by joncrocks on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @04:13AM (#9339315)

While that may be technically true, AFAIK it's hard for someone to immigrate to the US. If I wanted to move to the US tomorrow, I believe it would involve me having to get a job before I got there.

One could argue that saying that you're against illegal immigration and making legal immigration very difficult is the same as saying that you don't really want immigration.

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Re:Silicon Valley: Perks for Some Workers, Struggles for Par... by tsotha on Wednesday April 08, 2015 @05:09AM (#9339504)

We have over a million legal immigrants a year, so even if you can't get in easily somehow a whole lot of other people are managing.

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