The only thing I disagree with in this article is Arrington's assertion that "the issue of illegal immigration over our Southern border must be separated from the issue of immigration of people who want to come here to build companies."<p>I don't really see why we need to separate those issues. They are the same issue. We should discard isolationist policies in both cases and move toward a more enlightened policy in both cases.<p>After all, one can't always tell with certainty which immigrants are the "good" immigrants and which are the "bad" ones, in advance.
Two questions. What counts as an advanced degree? And why is starting companies considered important separably from say working in one?<p>Starting a company and moving to another country are both fairly large life disruptions, and doing both at once would decreases the success of either working well.<p>If I manage to get a green card I would probably focus first on just getting a job to move to and get myself stable before starting a startup, whereas I am already stable here and could consider starting a business where I already know my way around etc.
I find it interesting where he says "we wouldn't have become a superpower without the contributions of immigrants", rather than consider that almost every American living today had immigrant ancestors.<p>At which point does he draw the line of immigration? At which date does he (or any American) consider himself "American" rather than an immigrant?
I heartily agree, but would still place this article firmly in the "politics" category - it's not just about startup visas or things like that.<p>For exhibit A, we have some guy commenting already "If you're going to run any sort of welfare state, it's pretty hard to argue for totally open borders; it simply leads to financial ruin, as much of Europe has found out over the last 30 years", which is of course complete bunk, as "much of Europe" is most certainly not "financially ruined".
Yet another harangue from a capitalist running dog. Move on nothing new here, nothing to see. We all know immigration is a capitalist codeword for labor exploitation, keep those wages low, benefits nonexistent, and jobs to a minimum, so they will be docile and subservient.
American pyramid scheme does rhyme with American dream; this seems like a way to keep newcomers working to feed the incumbents.<p>This worked fine when Europe was heavily in debt post world war and China was a backwater, but Europe is now ticking along fine, China is doing well, and we are all looking abit wryly at America's lack of social safety nets.<p>Grrr... Hands off our entrepreneurs. Grow your own.