Deporting someone who might “cure cancer” feels like a stretch—but is there data showing immigrants really drive that kind of innovation?
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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.
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