Immigration in America

My parents were both immigrants who came to the US in their late teens to go to school here. Trump’s latest executive order to ban visas for foreign workers through the end of the year hits close to home.

At best, the executive order is a misguided and stupid attempt to protect American jobs. At worst, it’s a racist proclamation meant to rally the America first crowd. Given who we are dealing with in the White House, we can assume this is the latter.

Regardless, I’m not gong to write about evidence showing that Trump is a racist. Anyone with half a brain can see his agenda and goal to divide the country. Instead, I’m going to focus on what immigration means for this country.

Immigration means more jobs for Americans. Immigrants come to America to start businesses and chase the American dream. Sometimes they are forced to start businesses based on discrimination. Sometimes the entrepreneurial spirit is in their blood. More businesses, more jobs.

Immigration means economic growth. Immigration of highly skilled workers allows us to gain a competitive advantage over other countries. Diversity has proven time and time again to increase performance of high quality teams and businesses. The country’s most successful companies would not be here today if it were not for immigrants.

Immigration is part of why America is great. Let’s hope we can elect a leader who understands this before too much damage is done to our economy.