right now there are many high-skill immigrants that are begging to come to the US and we don't let them some day we'll beg them to come and they won't want to this is an important-but-not-urgent policy disaster, and worse than it seems

Aug 2, 2022 · 1:30 PM UTC

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And don’t forget: lawyer fees are ridiculously expensive. At least 5k for a visa. 20k for a GC. How is this sustainable?
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We also need low-skill immigrants as well. This too is a policy disaster.
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Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration was really a Trojan horse to shut down legal immigration too. That's why supply chains took a while to come back -- 2 years of no immigration to supply labor to reopen
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Reality check: A good part already don't want to anymore.
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SO TRUE! 🙏🙏🙏 I see this firsthand at @AlcornLaw where we do #immigration visas for #founders and #startups. The opportunity cost of these policies to the future of world is immeasurable. 🙏
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I thought this only happened under trump.
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Replying to @sama @sovereth
I wrote about this in 2019 - the US should offer Serendipity Visas to startup founders. paulrberg.netlify.app/post/2…
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Here’s some relevant data
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Replying to @sama @barbartosh
Or maybe US should invest in affordable higher education and stop relying on imported specialists
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We need to build housing first. Complete failure on cost of living right now.
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