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I know that they are a 501(c)3, but they have significant revenue and intellectual property, so in order to do the lift and shift, there would need to be some money changing hands to accomplish it. Not only that, but being owned by the EU gives the ability for MITRE employees to have the option to immigrate to the EU to protect against any retaliation.

I cannot believe I am typing that second sentence, but here we are.

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> Not only that, but being owned by the EU gives the ability for MITRE employees to have the option to immigrate to the EU to protect against any retaliation.

According to which rule would "owning by the EU" result in an option to immigrate? Immigration is handled on a per country basis. I don't see how the EU provide such an option.

The EU can accomplish it with diplomacy. It’s unknown technology in America, but diplomacy and asking to work together is truly powerful.

> The EU can accomplish it with diplomacy.

Agree. It'll likely happen that way. Still, dislike the initial incorrect assertion.

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/50/oj

The EU has agreed upon programs in order to bring in, through an immigration policy, high skilled persons from non-member states. More importantly, working within the member nations, as to which member nation would want MITRE to be located within their borders, is not something that is a hard sell given that it has economic advantages for whichever state(s) onboard MITRE.

That still leaves decisions on who to admit to states. As far as I can see its main effect is to allow people admitted to one country as highly skilled to travel to (not live in) other countries?

> The EU has agreed upon programs in order to bring in, through an immigration policy, high skilled persons from non-member states.

Where in this is the option that the EU provides an option to immigrate because the EU owns something?

I'm very well aware of knowledge workers. It's not something the EU can provide as an option. What you linked to is the legal framework around how EU members can provide such a thing.

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