MattCuery

This is so untrue. There are many many American founders who are dying for mentorship and support and anything from VC, and many many more people who want to develop their careers in innovative ways who have degrees in STEM. Domestic innovation even if it's copy cat is socially better than importing non natives.

And the neoliberal class are highly mobile, they are rootless people and no one can really ever forget that.

I don't get how hn can be behind this and question how this goes against America first when y'all always whine about "muh mentorship". Y'all know the value of mentorship and incubation and the cost involved in incubating talent. Talent needs to be developed and cultivated right? So why bring in 'founders' from abroad based on very speculative certia with investment levels below the amount to employ a few Americans to compete at least initially within the American domestic market? Why not throw those resources to create firms in America, even if in the spirit of sino-inspired copyism,to create not just work opportunities but founder opportunities for Americans?

The best reason why to exclude foreigners from American domestic labor market unless they are highly skilled is that jobs and careers have an economic and social impact beyond mere monetary returns. China knows this all too well in their economic policy.