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“Are My Methods Unsound?”

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It turns out that a strong commitment to stark, raving racism is bad for business:

President Donald Trump’s next target in his administration’s immigration policy will focus on what Silicon Valley fears most: the work-visa programs that tech companies rely on to hire tens of thousands of workers each year, according to a report by Bloomberg.

The executive order is still a draft, according to the report, but if enacted, it could mean major overhauls in the way tech giants like Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon recruit their employees. Under the order, companies would have to prioritize hiring American workers, and if they must hire foreign workers, then they must prioritize the most highly compensated, according to the report.

“Our country’s immigration policies should be designed and implemented to serve, first and foremost, the U.S. national interest,” the draft says, according to a copy obtained by Bloomberg.  “Visa programs for foreign workers … should be administered in a manner that protects the civil rights of American workers and current lawful residents, and that prioritizes the protection of American workers — our forgotten working people — and the jobs they hold,” the draft states.

It turns out that a strong commitment to stark, raving racism is also bad for geopolitics:

Domestically, one of the big obstacles to Indian support for Trump will come down to his position on H-1B visas for skilled immigrant workers. Indian citizens and companies benefit disproportionately from this program. In 2013, U.S. government data showed that Indian citizens received nearly two-thirds of all H-1B visas, abetted in part by Indian outsourcing firms. Though Trump has vacillated on his H-1B position, as he has on so many of his other positions, his website currently cites the program as a major point of grievance with existing U.S. immigration provisions.

An H-1B crackdown could potentially affect India’s economy as well. India is the top remittance receiving country, accounting for just over 12 percent of world remittances in 2007. In 2012, remittances to India stood at $70.39 billion and represented 4 percent of the country’s GDP. Non-resident Indians (NRIs) in the United States sent nearly $11 billion in remittances in 2012, representing the second greatest source of remittances after the United Arab Emirates. India’s current political leadership has shown that it is attuned to the interests of the vast Indian diaspora living abroad, particularly in the United States. U.S. immigration policies have important economic effects for India and New Delhi will take note of what Trump is promising.

In the past week and a half, Donald Trump has made clear his interest in confronting China.  He has also pulled out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which (whatever its bevy of problems) was part of a containment strategy against China, and is now preparing to open a rift with one of the key countries that the United States will need to balance the PRC.  When given a choice between racism and geopolitics, Trump and Bannon strongly prefer racism.  This is something that Tulsi Gabbard should probably think about…

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