Housing is supply constrained in every major city. Americans can’t buy homes until they’re 30+ and have two income household unless they want to move to the middle of nowhere. We don’t need more people in those cities. Especially just to build SaaS and new social media features.

I see it more as controlling demand to raise the value. If you let everyone in, then the value of the product (here: US) reduces.

Outsider perspective: this already went even further. Of those fortunate enough to have options many are choosing other hubs like London because the policy is more welcoming, despite the obvious benefits of bay area. Reasoning: what will it be like when my future kids graduate?

100%

If you believe that the 3 biggest advantages of the US are: 1. Immigration 2. Geography 3. Reinvention by capitalism this would look like a pretty “urgent” issue…

Yeah, it's too hard to get into the US and it's stopping a lot of talented people from going there.

Uhhhh.. remote work? 🤨

Oh really, the border is wide open, what’s stopping them?

This is a huge problem that has insane compounding effects sadly

The USA has accepted more immigrants than the next 10 nations combined. We already have plenty of diversity and ethnic unrest. We have our own poor. We don't need to exacerbate that or increase downward pressure on wages just because corporations want cheaper labor.