Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   We need to get clear about what we mean... Date:   4/17/2016 10:03:33 PM

I started thinking about this.  I think when it first came up, it came up in the context of Syrian Refugees.  I think we should put a moritorium.  This doesn't mean that I would never allow Syrian Refugees, but we need a better means of screening them, and maybe other MIddle Eastern immigrants.  Of course, right away I think about Middle Easterns who may be coming in from other countries.  I don't think it is possible to make it completely safe, but I do think additional screening is required. 

Then there is the problem of the immigrants who come on work or study visas, or visitor visas.  In my mind, this is the group that is most likely to disappear.   A number of years ago, I had access to some analysis on cutting off foreign students, the vast majority of them were Asians, the concern being that they came to the U.S., worked on defense projects at major U.S. Universities, and then left to go back to China with their information.  The outcome of the analysis was that to bar foreign students would negatively impact a number of high value technology projects in U.S. simply because there are not enough U.S.students studying high technology graduate programs. 

A similar study would be required to look at work visas.