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The free trillion-dollar bill on the ground is persuading politicians who are anti-China to become pro-immigration, because, among the many many benefits of liberalizing immigration law, one of them is scoring off the brain drain of a geopolitical adversary

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Scott Lincicome

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"China’s Brain Drain Threatens Its Future: Chinese citizens, including many of the wealthy, are increasingly eyeing the exits in a new era of slower growth" wsj.com/articles/china

9:22 AM · Jul 5, 2023

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Derek Thompson

@DKThomp

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"immigration is only good because it screws over China" isn't where I'd prefer to land on this issue, morally speaking. but persuasion is about making ppl see that their bedrock values flow to your opinion, and China would, in fact, hate it if we naturalized their best scientists

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Matthew Vallone

@MattVallone

It's not pro-immigration, it's pro-freedom to welcome these brave entrepreneurs fleeing communism for capitalism.* I think that spin is better.

Excellent point

Enrique J. Benitez Palma

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That would imply that so-called "China Hawks" arent just xenophobic with two convenient public policy pillars

But when will it actually translate into legislation?

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Elliott Pearce

@IrishCowboy13

Unfortunately, I think that Republicans are MUCH more anti-immigration than they are anti-China. I could see a future in which Republicans decide to abandon Taiwan to "focus on things that impact real Americans closer to home, like what's happening at the Mexican border."

America should actively recruit the smartest residents of our geopolitical enemies like NBA teams do for free agents

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Darren Kaplan

@DarrenKaplan

It seems like close to half of America's population would rather leave that trillion-dollar bill right where it is, thank you very much.

econofact.org

The Decline in U.S. Net Migration | Econofact

Net migration to the U.S. declined significantly over the last 5 years due to Trump administration policies, processing backlogs, the pandemic, and other factors.

do it to russia as well.

seems like only a short time til china implements extreme emigration restrictions

What possible downside could there be to filling our country with people from an underperforming country? I mean, we've got the magic dirt!

If we controlled our southern border 90% of America would support this. When you propose it in addition to the disaster down there you understandably get a lot of resistance.