Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

While watching Jeopardy College championship finals last night, it occurs to me how wrong Trump and the GOP are on immigration.

First, it is widely reported that Trump and ICE are deporting lots of immigrants in this early stage of the administration.  I think it is a way for Trump to show how tough he is on immigration and that he is serious about his promise to build a wall paid by Mexico and so called putting Americans first.  I think that by putting fear out there, he thinks Mexicans will actually self deport as Romney said they would do.  Some may actually do that.  In fact, since the recession of 2008, more Mexicans have left the country than have came in.  So the trend may continue under Trump but not necessary be because how tough he is.  I would say most of the people who are scarred and decide to leave are good people.  The criminals are going to stay regardless of the policy.  In fact, if people are scarred of going to police in fear of getting deported, the criminals will be more free to operate.

Beyond the threat of deporting illegal immigrants. there are also threats to legal immigrants.  Senators Tom Cotton of Ark. and David Perdue of Georgia have proposed to decrease legal immigration and refugees by half of the 1.1 million.  They say immigrants take away jobs of Americans.  That is absurd.  I have never seen a white or black guy working in the fields here in California.  There are engineering and science jobs and graduate schools positions that cannot be filled by qualified Americans.  So by restricting immigration, our economy will shrink and the country suffers.  Also the age of Americans is rising, without young immigrants, soon we will not have enough of all kinds of workers.  And with not enough workers to pay the taxes to fund social security and medicare.

So how have all these got to do with Jeopardy?  The three finalists last night consist of an Asian woman from MIT, an Asian man from the Naval Academy, and a south Asian man from Stanford.  (The woman won).  Jeopardy has been a game show that has been dominated by white male contestants in the past.  This year the 9 semi-finalists consisted of one white male.  I think as the second and third generations immigrant Americans become more involved in American culture, they are not just science nerds but are capable of dominating in other fields. 

Trump doesn't want any Syrian refugees.  Did he not know that Steve Jobs' father was from Syria?  Without this Syrian immigrant, there is no Apple.  Other immigrants that are crucial to our country include Sergey Brin, Andrew Grove and Elon Musk.  Who is to say the next Jobs will not be child of an illegal immigrant from Mexico or a refugee from Somalia?  Throughout history, empires fall because the people get complacent.  We have immigrants who come here and push us to continue our excellence.  Instead of blaming immigrants for the ills of this country, we should embrace them and ask those who are born here to step up.  There is no law that say native born Americans can't go to MIT, Stanford or the Naval Academy.