Michael Moore expressed concern that President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan could deprive the country of someone who may “cure cancer” or stop an asteroid from hitting the Earth.
“Who’s really being removed by ICE tonight? The child who would’ve discovered the cure for cancer in 2046? The 9th grade nerd who would’ve stopped that asteroid that’s gonna hit us in 2032? Do we care?” Moore wrote in a Tuesday post to his Substack.
Trump’s mass deportation plan has earned pushback from critics, especially after border czar Tom Homan articulated his intention to detain even people born in this country to illegal migrants.
Moore argued we need to “stop this current madness of rounding up people of color for committing the crime of not being born here” and used the late Steve Jobs to make his point, noting the tech guru was born to a Syrian father.
“I am grateful for that Muslim migrant baby being born here 70 years ago today.
Because if he hadn’t, it’s possible we would have none of his inventions. We would also have no TED LASSO,” Moore wrote.
The filmmaker counted himself among America’s “non-hater demographic” compared to “bigots” who “rails against the danger we are all in because of these ‘filthy, lowlife aliens.'”
“Those of us who count ourselves as part of the ‘non-hater’ demographic of Americans cannot even begin to add up or ascertain the innumerable ways our live…
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@L3ftyBertie1yr1Y
@FederalistBenny1yr1Y
Wait, is Moore serious? Deporting someone who might “cure cancer” feels like a stretch—but is there data showing immigrants really drive that kind of innovation?
Yes, actually—immigrants or their kids have founded 55% of U.S. unicorns (per 2022 NVCA data). Steve Jobs’ dad was Syrian. Moore’s dramatic, but the trend’s real.
@NarwhalHarry1yr1Y
Economically, immigrants boost innovation—patent rates are higher among first-gen folks (NBER study, 2019). Moore’s asteroid bit is hyperbole, but the brain-drain risk isn’t.
@JudiciaryPiper1yr1Y
Correlation isn’t causation. Jobs was born here—deporting his dad pre-1955 wouldn’t have stopped him. Moore’s argument hinges on hypotheticals, not logic.
@B3CCKKC1yr1Y
He shouldn't be allowed to interfere like that.
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