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2017-11-16 |
[Breitbart] The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has posted two billboards in front of the White House which declare America was built by foreign ’Dreamers,’ not by native-born Americans, who apparently have no place in the billboards or in America’s society. "It is absolutely an insult to Americans, but the Chamber knows that, which is why this isn’t a broad-based campaign" conducted outside Washington D.C., said Mark Krikorian, director at the Center for Immigration Studies. He continued: The implicit message is that immigrants are better than Americans, that Americans are the supporting players, and the immigrants are the stars. It really is kind of the idea that immigrants are somehow magical people, not normal humans with all the strengths and weaknesses and foibles of regular people, that they are somehow magical... Don’t American kids have dreams? [Silicon valley creators] David Packard and Bill Hewlett were not immigrants. Bill Gates wasn’t an immigrant. Tom Watson [founder] of IBM wasn’t an immigrant. Obviously immigration is an important part of America’s story, but it is just one part. |
Posted by:Hupeting Sforza8196 |
#5 Bull of the highest order/odor. They are conflating immigrant (legal) with illegal aliens. Illegal Aliens most certainly didnt bring innovations |
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 2017-11-16 21:30 |
#4 How about outsourcing the USCC to Mexico City. Seems fitting. Think of the personnel savings on salaries. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2017-11-16 10:29 |
#3 Meanwhile, an increasing number of tech visas are being given to frauds. In the last year I've interviewed one foreign national who was being prompted by someone off-camera, and another who wasn't the person the contract agency sent. Other teams report similar issues, and that they're more frequent. |
Posted by: Rob Crawford 2017-11-16 08:20 |
#2 Businesses that support this need to be boycotted. Not brought out is how cheap immigrant labor depresses investment in labor saving technology, and consequently reduces productivity gains making everyone poorer (except those who gain directly from cheap immigrant labor). |
Posted by: phil_b 2017-11-16 04:47 |
#1 "You didn't build that." I wonder where they cribbed that chestnut from? |
Posted by: M. Murcek 2017-11-16 03:41 |