High skill migrants (e.g #H1B visa holders) are an engine of economic growth & innovation. Don't believe me? Here is a thread with some stats...
1. High skilled people are more prone to migrate, so they are hard to get an easy to lose...
2. About 40 percent of Fortune 500 companies in America were founded by immigrants or their children.
3. Immigrants account for half of the founders of America’s unicorns.
4. Since 1970, more than 60 percent of U.S. Nobel Prize winners were immigrants.
5. Immigrants who came to America for study or employment are more likely to file a patent, publish a scientific paper, start a company, and earn higher wages than are American-born college graduates.
(source for 1-5: https://www.amazon.com/Gift-Global-Talent-Migration-Business-ebook/dp/B07HQVSHHT )
6. Migrants in the US are only 13.4% of the total population, but they represent 26% of those with a PhD and 58% of the people in the US with a PhD in Computer Science

Pop: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&measure=1qWfo
PhD: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&measure=1qWfo
PhD CS: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&groups=2-Z2npYWC-2102&measure=1qWfo
6. Migrants in the US are only 13.4% of the total population, but they represent 26% of those with a PhD and 58% of the people in the US with a PhD in Computer SciencePop: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&measure=1qWfoPhD: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&measure=1qWfoPhD CS: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&groups=2-Z2npYWC-2102&measure=1qWfo
6. Migrants in the US are only 13.4% of the total population, but they represent 26% of those with a PhD and 58% of the people in the US with a PhD in Computer SciencePop: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&measure=1qWfoPhD: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&measure=1qWfoPhD CS: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&groups=2-Z2npYWC-2102&measure=1qWfo
6. Migrants in the US are only 13.4% of the total population, but they represent 26% of those with a PhD and 58% of the people in the US with a PhD in Computer SciencePop: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&measure=1qWfoPhD: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&measure=1qWfoPhD CS: https://datausa.io/visualize?groups=0-1kzwvK&groups=1-1vG6TK-24&groups=2-Z2npYWC-2102&measure=1qWfo
High skilled migrants are THE engine of job creation. As a naturalized citizen, and a former H-1b visa holder, I've seen this first hand (I've been at Harvard & MIT for +11 years, H-1b is essential sustaining the knowledge economy).
I understand the need to appeal to those who don't understand how knowledge flows power the economy, but those who may celebrate this ill thought policy will also be the ones who suffer its consequences. /END
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