Immigrants
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15 statements about Immigrants, every show
Noah Smith: Mass deportations will not significantly raise native workers' wages
“The reason why a flood of immigration does not really actually reduce wages is that immigrants are also buying things and the demand from buying things creates labor demand for native born people. And so, so immigrants really don't do much to wages. And what t…”
Calacanis: 80% to 90% of LA rioters are not immigrants
“I can tell you it's contained, and those 80, 90% of those people are not the immigrants.”
Poilievre: Immigrants to Canada Must Leave Foreign Conflicts Behind
“If you come to Canada, sure, bring your culture, bring your language, your food your traditions, but the problems from abroad have to stay at home. We bring here a place where we leave all that behind and unite for our flag.”
Narayana: The first 50 Sanas employees were all immigrants facing bias
“Like the first 50 people in the company were all immigrants, and they all felt the challenge of bias, right?”
Galloway Claims the Majority of Entrepreneurs Are Immigrants
“The majority of entrepreneurs are immigrants.”
Lieberman: The willingness to ask directly drives immigrant entrepreneurial success
“Having this ability to ask is the reason so many immigrants or children of immigrants fare well in business.”
Tucker Carlson claims US policy actively replaces native-born Americans with immigrants
“At exactly the moment when native-born Americans' birth rates are tanking, over a 100,000 people die of fentanyl ODs, and we're pushing euthanasia on the population, which we are, you're, you basically, you're saying, I've given up on the people who live here,…”
Rauch: Only immigrants deeply appreciate host countries' unique qualities
“I truly believe that only immigrants can have a very in-depth appreciation for the unique qualities of the place that they immigrate into.”
Sam Parr: Rule of law makes America easy mode for immigrant entrepreneurs
“When you take, like, these immigrants, and you put them in America, where there's, like, a pretty strict rules and laws, like, and, like, mostly the government can't take things from you, and, like, your stuff is mostly protected. It's like, well, this is easy…”
Parr: Immigrant hardship removes the fear of taking minor business losses
“There's this thing, particularly I find it amongst immigrants or children of immigrants. And maybe because they've like experienced some type of hardship where they're like, dude, I've experienced some crazy shit or my family has experiencing, has experienced …”
Cyan Banister acknowledges an investment bias toward backing immigrant founders
“So I admit that I have a soft spot for immigrants. If anything, I lean immigrant biased. I tend to like people that come to this country who still understand why this country is so precious and understand what they're leaving behind and why there's opportunity…”
Economic security makes populations more welcoming toward immigrants
“The creation of good and fulfilling middle-class jobs is one of the most important goals we can collectively focus on.
Because when people feel more safe and secure in their economics, they feel there's a good future in front of them.
And they tend to be more …”
Xu: Immigrants inherently share key entrepreneurial traits like risk tolerance
“I think immigrants are self-selected group. They are self-selected group that is very big on taking risks. In some ways, they have the same traits as entrepreneurs already. Instead of taking what's easy, what's already familiar, They choose the unfamiliar, the…”
Arthur Brooks: Immigrants are the ultimate entrepreneurs risking their lives
“Conventional thinking about entrepreneurship thinks about it in terms of starting a company, starting a firm. But real entrepreneurship is a way of life. And the most entrepreneurial people are people who put their capital at risk. And who puts their capital a…”
Mei Xu: Immigrants share the same risk-taking traits as entrepreneurs
“I think immigrants are self-selected group. They are self-selected group that is very big on taking risks. In some ways they have the same traits as entrepreneurs already. Instead of taking what's easy, What's already familiar, they choose the unfamiliar, the …”