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The border is good show, but even Mr Trump doesn't want to stop eating from the trough of cheap migrant labor, nor does he want to deny that flow to those who support him.

I hate hypocrisy. As a demand sider I say we kill the demand and the supply will wither.

But I don't expect Mr Trump to be looking in the mirror anytime soon.

If DC had to face the monsters that they really were, there would be no one in federal politics

` immigration hurts American workers ` ... wasn't that "illegal immigration" that he's on about, not legal immigration?

If he's said legal immigration is a problem, I'm going to need a source on that.

He uses the argument of wage depression in his speeches

Both are to a degree, but illegal hurts more.

And in any case, I was referring to Misomania's post pointing fingers at Amazon

Where I am the guys next door are Mexican nationals who are here on work visas in the oil industry and they send half their pay check home while sharing an apartment.

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/trumpometer/promise/1403/limit-legal-immigration/

They are willing to work cheaper because their expenses are less and they are taking money out of the economy by sending it to Mexico.

What I've been seeing is a desire to decrease legal immigration even as Trump and red state farmers want migrant labor for their bottom line...and honestly for our low food prices insofar as the farmers

So there are arguments for limiting legal immigration and work visa programs

I want to put a stop to illegal immigration but i believe we should be significantly increasing legal immigration to make up for that.

There are also counter arguments to be made for sure.

But what i see from the Repubs is they want to kill all immigration except for programs targeted specifically at their core supporters

When I'd like to see immigration of doctors, engineers, programmers, etc.

But I'm less concerned with what I'd like and more concerned about hypocrisy

We already have companies firing American tech employees and bringing in replacements from over seas, so pardon me if I don't think that's a wise direction.

@whitecane agree

we dont need these foreign agents

If they graduate from our universities, why not?

fuck them

There are arguments that in order for the US to stay the top, we need to "Head hunt" and poach the best from every labor market in order to ensure they work in benefiting the US economy not foreign ones.

I dont want those fucks

stay in thier own damn country

that university spot was for a US citezen not a filthy migrant

I don't disagree, @Khanclansith ; however, when you're doing that with entry/mid-level workers, that's hardly the same thing.

And when we starve ourselves for needed talent? I can speak personally about the dearth of physicians and nurses and the need to bring in foreign professionals because we simply do not produce enough domestically.

Needed talent

I question that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPjzfGChGlE

I can argue both sides of the coin here. In fact I had to debate myself for a project

@Rabbi Shekels don’t worry contro
I wouldn’t want spot on an american SJW university, when I got access to good tax funded university in my country.

Hey! that looks familiar SantaSoc

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk
Aren't we glad we have immigration?