Skilled immigration is a national security priority — It always amazes methat growing skilled immigration to the US isn't a bipartisan priority. Would certainly be one of my objectives if I served in government. Noah Smith is pretty consistent on making the case for smart immigration policies and here he (and Minn) tackle the 'competition with China' angle. "Maintaining a lead in industries like AI, semiconductors, and advanced manufacturing — all things that are essential for national defense as well as big contributors to national wealth — will require the U.S. to have morethan its share of the world's human capital.This is why calls to "just train Americans" instead of recruiting skilled immigrants ring so hollow. Of coursethe U.S. needs to train its own skilled workers, and it should constantly be striving to improve its education system and to direct students toward the fields where they're needed most. But at the end of the day the U.S. represents only 4.2% of the world's population, while China represents 17.4%. China has a much bigger talent pool than America because it's simply a much bigger country. If the U.S. wants to match China's gigantic pool of human resources, it mustsupplement domestic talent by recruiting from abroad. Mathematically there's simply no other option." https://www.noahpinion.bl.. #🇨🇳 ChinA.I. 🤖🧠🦾🤖