1/I reviewed @reihan Salam's "Melting Pot or Civil War?" for Foreign Affairs:https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2018-10-11/should-america-cut-low-skilled-immigration?gpp=LIdllm9bW3aj3/NdALeqADp1VU0zOS9kaldqMjViQ0xmWUMvRy9Ob2tiaElqMjFJR0Vwcm5rbUtCTEttTVFIT3BUaHpDT3dnUnBOSnlGaGxIOmY1N2FhMTFlNGVhNDE4Njk1YzFjYWIxY2MwMjM1YzA1ZTk1NTc3OWExOWI4N2VlMzhkZTk5YWM1NWU5NGFhNDQ%3D …
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Oh, and you can buy the book here:https://www.amazon.com/Melting-Pot-Civil-War-Immigrants/dp/0735216274 …
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Do we have evidence that low skill immigration causes more social tensions? My impression is that very low skill mass immigration can cause problems, but so can mass high skill immigration (with some intermediate skill level being optimal, partly since that’s where the jobs are).
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Short answer is that we don't know and can't know, but that in the past we have managed what tensions did exist fairly well.
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We need to work toward more freedom of movement. There will be disruption, so create policies to alleviate cost of disruption.
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Both of my Greek gparents were illiterate but built a successful business. Raised 9 kids most of which grad college. They became business men, educators and solid citizens. This focus solely on initial immigrants is woefully shortsighted.
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A loud even if meaningless restriction on unskilled immigration will have a symbolic political value, and symbols matter in politics, especially loud and well-publicized ones. You and I know that there's hardly any immigration today in low-skilled immigration, but... 1/
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That is not necessarily a common knowledge among the masses. That a politician is willing to take a symbolic stance and take public flak for it, even if it is empty in substance will carry a lot of weight. Ironically, it will actually help close the divide if done right. 2/
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Why should we worried about low skill immigration which is lowering and not worried about the divergence between high skilled and low skilled citizens. Which is rapidly increasing? This is a solution looking for a problem, while ignoring a much bigger problem.
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If we are willing to deny low skill immigration, when do we kick out low skilled citizens?
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I've been in corporate IT for 20 yrs and almost all of my friends and colleagues came here via H1B's. I'm glad they're here, don't blame others for wanting to come, and don't want anyone to be scapegoated. That said,... /1
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... if Bloomberg and most other shops farmed out punditry to IBM who then applied for thousands of H1Bs to replace you and your colleagues, I doubt you'd be so sanguine on the matter. /2
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I used to work for a health insurance company here in the cheap labor land of South Carolina. We did the administrative work for a health insurance company that had gov contracts based out of CA. I mean, is this bad in your mind? Should CA folks have those jobs?
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I guess you’re saying it’s cool and all for cheap labor land SC to have those jobs but you don’t blame CA residents for being sad over it ?
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Instead of trying to torture what I said into something else, perhaps you'd like to clearly state the position you're trying to serve?
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I guess that competition among regions is part of life? And that just because we don’t like something doesn’t mean we run to the gov to stop it? I guess that’s easy for me to say though, I will admit.
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The regions in question aren't part of the US or territories. IBM, HP, & others game a system intended to supplement for positions where there's an actual shortage of expertise, to replace IT workers where no actual shortage exists,... /1
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