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Bloomberg Opinion writer. Elected "top neoliberal shill" of 2018. Occasionally posts anime gifs.

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    1. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      This is an excellent, short, highly readable, very important book. Every business executive and politician should have a copy.https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Global-Talent-Migration-Business/dp/1503605027 …

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    2. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      Why are skilled immigrants so good, and so important? Because they're the backbone of high-value industries where the U.S. has a dominant position.pic.twitter.com/KQEnRFExqA

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    3. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      If we don't bring skilled immigrants to the United States, high-value industries will migrate to other countries, and America will lose industrial dominance and be a poorer country.pic.twitter.com/Z0Ne30Mha9

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    4. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      Contrary to popular belief, skilled immigrants - including H-1b workers - RAISE wages for native-born skilled workers. Why? Because downward wage pressure from competition is more than canceled out by the upward wage pressure from CLUSTERING.pic.twitter.com/mDq4sxcgP7

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    5. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      What about brain drain? Are we hurting other countries by taking their smart people? There's good reason to think we're not. Especially huge countries like China and India.pic.twitter.com/Ri5UYa6cfk

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    6. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      In fact, there's another reason skilled immigration is so important and good: Skilled immigrants pay a lot of TAX MONEY, to support the native-born population.pic.twitter.com/6y2giM7ZRs

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    7. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      The tax revenue from skilled immigrants is basically a free lunch for native-born Americans - including your parents and grandparents, your hometown, etc.pic.twitter.com/7ZPVseHwhD

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    8. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      But the United States' skilled immigration system is NOT OPTIMAL. It needs to be improved. First of all, we need to prioritize high-wage workers for H-1b visas, instead of lower-wage workers.pic.twitter.com/Ml1HzmO7BD

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    9. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      Second, we need to let H-1b workers apply for green cards THEMSELVES, instead of through their employers! This will cut the "tether" and make H-1b workers less like indentured servants.pic.twitter.com/f6JbwQWH4m

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    10. Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      Those are @william_r_kerr's suggestions. Here are some more good ideas: 1. Region-based sponsorship of skilled immigrants (think: the Rust Belt) 2. Lifts on country caps (to prevent brain drain) 3. A Canada-style points-based immigration system!!!pic.twitter.com/b77mxHq9a8

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      Noah Smith‏Verified account @Noahpinion Oct 24

      Skilled immigration is one of the last big free lunches that America has. Let's not throw that away. (end)pic.twitter.com/ud3BdI627W

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        2. thomas meixner‏ @tmeixner Oct 24
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Visit any University and I guarantee that at least 1/3 of the faculty came to America as international grad students and then stayed. Our Universities dominate world rankings in large part due to our ability to attract the best and the brightest from around the world.

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        3. Myron Gaines  🇺🇸 🇮🇳‏ @MyronGaines1337 Oct 24
          Replying to @tmeixner @Noahpinion

          I’m an IM resident. Literally *all* of my faculty are foreign, mostly from South Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Our class is filled with 1st and 2nd gen immigrants as well.

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        2. angry panda‏ @pandaOfWakanda Oct 24
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          The legal immigration system for skilled workers is broken and no steps are being taken to fix it. Trump is making it worse and Dems only care about illegal immigration

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        3. angry panda‏ @pandaOfWakanda Oct 24
          Replying to @pandaOfWakanda @Noahpinion

          It took me 13 years from coming into this country as a master's student on F1 to becoming a citizen in 2017 and I was more dilligent than most of my friends in similar positions to follow through on my visa and green card steps. That is pretty ridiculous

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        4. spongebob‏ @bob_square_pant Oct 24
          Replying to @pandaOfWakanda @Noahpinion

          Good.. its 15 years here on h1 and still counting 😁

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        1. Adrian NdR Frost‏ @adrian_ndrf Oct 24
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          A small plausible step would be to grant H1B the same prerogatives as L1B (intercompany transfer). This is one of the most ridiculous provisions in the immigration code: - Not subject to lottery allocation. - Allows spouse to work.

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        1. Eva Ziessler‏ @VivianOppen Oct 24
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          I would say that was true even of comparatively low-skilled immigrants. Every single year of schooling they've received before immigrating was paid for by another country.

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        1. Digital Illuminati‏ @digilluminati Oct 27
          Replying to @Noahpinion @chetnadilwaria

          Enjoy till China and India are chaching up.

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        1. skshuk(twittysophy)‏ @skshuk Oct 25
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          skshuk(twittysophy) Retweeted skshuk(twittysophy)

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          by now ppl have had more thn enough time to understand that no EB-1/EB-5, no new European should be given priority over ppl working legally in USA & having 5+ or 10+ yr old US citizen kids.. if this is beyond comprehension, then forget serious/rational dealing with this situation
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        1. Alexander Balaeff‏ @ABalaeff Oct 25
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          A small correction: let not America's enemies steal it away from us through the political sabotage of certain puppet presidents -- to an otherwise GREAT thread.

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        1. HugoMe‏ @HugoMe Oct 24
          Replying to @Noahpinion @tomroud

          Don’t count me in.

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        1. Kristian Blom‏ @kltblom Oct 24
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          Immigrants period. The notion that nations should use anything but screens for violence and crime is abhorrent and defies reason in terms of probabilities of immigrants and their offspring being net contributors to the wealth and culture of the nation.

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        1. I Hate Hate‏ @GangMarinara Oct 24
          Replying to @Noahpinion

          I'm pro-closed borders 99% of the time, but in some cases, (high skilled high IQ) immigration has net benefits. Venezuela under Marcos Perez Jimenez mass imported Europeans to fund public works projects among other things since the country's population/size ratio was uneven.

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