Just the Facts About US Immigration: Steve Ballmer Talks Through the Numbers

[@Kennardy]

Not a lot of comments but 8 Million views (as of Nov 2024) says that people are interested in the topic. Thank you for the unbiased, straight forward data.

[@ShovelShovel]

Actually that's bad. It means the videos are being auto played as an embed or being shown as an ad. Not as natural or organic views.

[@funboy1127]

​@ShovelShovel but it can also mean that once said person sees an ad like this and skips it after the required time laps. Doesn't mean they won't see it in their feed (like myself). So it could also mean that people have viewed it but refuse to comment cause they chosen to not actually believe the facts. The problem is people (not all) don't want to hear the truth in fear of being hurt. So they shy away and go to were something or someone makes sense and feels comfortable to their life (e.i. an escape to a world outside the real world - The Sims/World of Warcraft). Personally, I'd rather you hurt me with the truth then lie to my face.

[@edhazzlerigg8661]

Steve Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft and a major funder of progressive-left groups. 1 From 2016-2021, Ballmer donated over $110 million to Los Angeles organizations alone.

[@snoringdog1676]

@@edhazzlerigg8661interesting. far less than the owner of X contributed to recent campaigns. Information is power and makes us better informed citizens.

[@iamrmin]

just fyi youtube delete comments without notifying author.

[@iloveyoumadhuri]

Who needs the news when we have USA Facts and Mr. Ballmer? He's brilliant.

[@IsmailLev]

Thanks for opening the comments.

[@JoesWildlifeAdventures]

Steve Ballmer for President….smart, well researched and very educational!

[@ChrisVink-b5b]

Why is this social environment in America and Las Vegas, Nevada a torture chamber of people either making me feel guilty, unqualified, or a failure? I am absolutely miserable because of that and the inconsistency. My life is miserable around my parents and other immediate relatives. It is as if my role in life is to hear how they are the manifestation of moral perfection on Earth with perfect judgement, and be constantly made to feel wrong.

[@druegeme]

Remember 'Developers'? Steve is a legend.

[@LaLaGrunge]

The amount of new immigrants that America should have to subsidize once they arrive = zero.

[@ubercorey]

Dude, we need this for our country so badly. Thank you!

[@robinlogan8099]

This is brilliant.

[@Bellamia888]

Excellent. Thank you for the data. Peace

[@sallyrucker8990]

Love Facts! Thank you.

[@4Truth05]

Mr. Balmer, thank you very much for this information. I have become a subscriber as a result.

[@ella-always]

Thank you for this video.

[@davidglosser6301]

It is a good review of the immigration numbers...thank you. It would be most informative to also review and compare the fate of those unauthorized immigrants of different categories once they are in the US with that of native born citizens and authorized immigrants. Workforce participation patterns, criminal conduct (not including the violation of unauthorized immigration itself), tax payments, receipt of government services such as healthcare, financial, housing, education. Computation of net financial benefit Vs. burden of immigrants by category. Finally, a review of economic impact, growth Vs. decline of immigration from the various categories. The role of immigrants' roles in founding S&P 500 companies is apparent, but what of the rest of the economy?

[@stilwalli]

Excellenent. Pure Information! This is how news should be~

[@michaelwoogerd7802]

Good Lord is this refreshing to watch.

[@ichifish]

I don't like the end message of "you decide what you believe." If these are facts, there is no belief; they exist regardless of belief. We have too many Americans who "decide to believe whatever reinforces what they already believe." It would be better to end with "You choose what to do with these facts." Also, thanks Steve and your awesome graphics team.

[@dermick]

I agree - just believing something does not make it true. What I hope that Steve does next is to understand the "why" of the facts he brings up.

[@inveele]

Agreed

[@Anandroid]

Very well said.

[@thishandleintentionallyblank]

I suspect that he is making an implicit acknowledgement that government supplied numbers aren't necessarily reliable. The only for sure fact here is he did present the numbers (and well done I might add). The numbers themselves might not be accurate. I suspect they are close enough, but that's a judgement call and why I think viewers are invited to believe what they will. Another fact - I am often wrong :)

[@r.martinm6210]

@@thishandleintentionallyblank yup i think this comment is the exact example the initial commenter is making. suddenly you are questioning the reliability to of government numbers and for what purpose? sure the numbers may not be accurate in the same way your mother may not actually be your mother as you did not personally witness your birth but at some point, we have to be able to rely on something. and if you can't even rely on best objective numbers we can possibly obtain on this issue, then we have no basis of discussion period.

[@Unsolicitedbias]

Thanks Mr. Balmer.

[@danhatch388]

Any chance you guys could do an episode on who the federal government borrows from and pays interest to?

[@pleiadesneptunes]

very informative, this should frame the debate, but probably will not.

[@Hshjshshjsj72727]

There is a “housing shortage” but all these people keep coming 🤔

[@firstlast9916]

What’s funny is that immigrants are the ones building every Americans house and yet Americans want housing prices to go down. Math is not an American strength I guess.

[@bahiras]

I hope this video is updated soon to include the current plan to deport millions of immigrants according to the president elect. That plan confuses me as it has different definitions of the types of immigrants. That said, this video was very informative; thank-you!

[@gerryglauser2394]

Updated? Not too soon, as the new plan also confuses the new president-elect. We likely won't know what he's doing until after it's done, and he won't learn even that until some time later, if ever.

[@chavitacanta008]

@@gerryglauser2394 little confusion ! Any with criminal records here or violent crimes in their on country are first ! Those with prior deportations next ! Go down the list !

[@KateWitt]

​@chavitacanta008 deporting criminals has been a policy for decades. trump said he would deport legal migrants with no criminal history so....yeah. makes no sense and trump doesnt know what he's talking about. seems like you don't either.

[@adityapatel9735]

That is what trump promised in 2016 and he didn't deliver anything. He would do the same in 2024.

[@MrApw2011]

If people are coming from Mexico (in particular), instead of just deporting people, why don't we actually do some economic development along our borders and affect the economies in Mexico near our borders so that people there could perhaps have an economy to rely on and maybe we could reduce "unauthorized" immigration with something other than a clearly ineffective deterrent? Good videos.

[@jkdjose]

Corruption from those countries

[@maverickmusic101]

🎉 wow great channel

[@NOLAART]

To bad a real successful business man like Ballmer doesn't run for President instead of the shit show we have now.

[@j.davidtaylor2565]

Steve is such a passionate guy, I am always excited to see what he is doing because there is no question about how deeply he cares about whatever he chooses to pursue

[@glennwatson3313]

How is Trump not a successful businessman?

[@ssoucyj]

@@glennwatson3313 Trump is a media personality, not a businessman. Ask the hundreds of other businesses to which he owes money and never paid them!

[@glennwatson3313]

@@ssoucyj Name one business he owes money to.

[@_sm00thi3]

@@glennwatson3313 447 million to Vornado Realty Trust, 257 million to the bonds market in loans from his properties, up to 340 million to the Deustche Bank, and 50 million to the Chicago Unit Acquisition Trust to fund Trump International Hotel. 6 businesses owned in his name have gone bankrupt as well, he in fact is a media personality. "In 2004, Trump Hotels and Casinos Resort, an entity that was comprised of several of his businesses, filed for bankruptcy with $1.8 billion in debt." you are wrong, sir. Glazing while ignoring the facts just to act like ur right😭😭

[@WanderingRobotStudio]

Just don't tell anyone a fetus isn't a citizen until after it's born, per the Constitution.

[@brianmoran1968]

Well done Steve, just the facts….

[@iloveyoumadhuri]

It's a shame that more cannot research like Steve, and it's an even bigger shame that more haven't subscribed. I hope he wins an NBA title too because he seems like one hell of a guy.

[@MarkLamar-i7c]

Facts are good, but more important are the contexts.... For example, how and why have the costs of immigration increased in the last 3-4 years vs the previous 50?

[@firstlast9916]

Government costs? Because republicans want to create a panic situation and throw money at it for no reason. Private sector has no immigration costs. GDP increases due to immigration.

[@maalekar]

What people don't get is the population implosion on a global scale that is happening. We will be BEGGING for immigration over the next 10 years. Capitalism is based on growth, if we shrink our entire basis for all government spending including our own entitlements crumbles. We should be working to increase our court system to hear out the applicants and make them tax paying citizens, not throwing them out. Far better than leaving them in limbo and collecting nothing. This gives them and their family a chance to really contribute to our society.

[@petsr4mj]

Population growth is not a good thing if you want quality of life. The roads are full of traffic jams. There is no green space. The US is becoming a country of concrete and buildings.

[@paulor9577]

Perfect

[@Hps-vy8qk]

Imagine the cost of all this to the treasury which we pay

[@firstlast9916]

USCIS is immigrant funded. They pay their employees with application fees.

[@markalbert9390]

Hearing this with NO opinion causes a cognitive dissonance in my brain. Love it.

[@vsop4me1]

Unfortunately, too many people can't or don't want to have to make up their own mind and look to media and politicians to make up their mind for them. I love this type of information as well. And this may explain why the number of comments are so low, people don't know what to do when the author does not make some outlandish statement. the state of our world right now.

[@Al-mk4xl]

I think there should be some search of the benefits and drawback of immigration side by side just to illustrate to anti immigration versus pro immigration?

[@marciamartins1992]

If you're a dish washer, immigrants are a bad thing. If you own the restaurant, immigrants are a good thing.

[@firstlast9916]

Cato institute does those studies.

[@floridacoder]

Does USAFacts have an API and serve as a data aggregator? As a software developer I am interested in how the data can be used and accessed.

[@TheViettan28]

Those numbers are reported by federal agencies. It is not easy to collect. There are think tanks that are funded to work this out. Just search for think tanks and they publish their report. make sure you know which think tank you are using their data and their sides.

[@AlekVila]

I am appreciative of all good people, and I would like the USA to be a welcoming place. Sadly, a lot of wealth has been amassed by a small group of people, so times are really tough for most people. It's not because a migrant who can barely speak English is in my town and willing to work. Kicking them out isn't going to fix anything. It's just being blind and cruel.

[@kagreen2k]

Amen brother.

[@joetatoesniff9525]

Hospital and school are overwhelmed

[@AndrewMann205]

Take these immigrants into your home so the rest of us can save some of our tax dollars for other pursuits.

[@kagreen2k]

@ You mean like the Haitians in Ohio that have revived the local economy and are paying taxes and AREN’T eating pets. The local residents are singing their praises. Trump voters are gullible, cruel, and short sighted. Good luck with that.

[@AlekVila]

@@AndrewMann205 Immigrants are like you. They are productive, earn their own money, and pay taxes. If you think they are a tax burden, then you are also a tax burden. We are one nation that is mightier and dare I say greater when we work together.

[@incacoca]

Ballmer forgot about people waiting for Green Cards after getting approved. That number is especially high for Indian immigrants leading to a point where legal Indian immigrants with a path to citizenship have a zero chance of actually becoming a citizen for no other reason than being born in India.

[@QuestionEverythingMyFriend]

Only a few comments while millions of viewers? That's strange

[@timparetti1944]

It seems that hysteria is more popular than facts.😀

[@boriskoblents8586]

this video has more views than a lot of MKBHD vids with less than 5 comments. Pretty convinced this is some shady shit.

[@wrobinnes]

This video was posted 3 months ago but all comments are within the last day. Did all previous comments get purged maybe?

[@zipei1673]

This video's comment session was turned off previously, but now it's open.

[@alexts94]

Comments previously weren't allowed. It seems like they just opened up.

[@Xynurse]

Sadly, after 12 years, DACA is still going nowhere. Those recipients have and must maintain no criminal records, and most are highly skilled people.

[@marciamartins1992]

They are the new indentured servants. People would sign up for free labor till their debt was paid. Back in old days they would also conk you in the head and drag you to a boat leaving for the new world.

[@LaurieHSherrod]

Was this video done with some kind of Microsoft software? It is a really cool teaching tool.

[@wrobinnes]

Not mentioned isn’t the video, U.S. immigration law also requires that asylum seekers (aka illegal immigrants) remain in custody until their court hearing. It does provide an exception called “parole” for extraordinary circumstances to be applied on a case-by-case basis, not across the board as happens now. Congress was actually explicit in drafting these rules that parole should not be used to bypass immigration law, which is exactly what’s happening.

[@bradenhazle4378]

If they're seeking asylum...it's not illegal lol. That means they actually approached an official at the border to request it. That's not illegal.

[@DoRC]

While this is technically true it doesn't tell the whole story. Yes the concept of parole has been stretched but it was done due to lack of alternatives. You can't keep people in custody if you lack the funding and manpower to do so. It is also Congress that provides that funding and manpower and unfortunately they did not make any changes that allowed for housing and maintaining all of the asylum seekers that have come in. Without those resources the only legal option was to parole people.

[@wrobinnes]

@@DoRC It's a common refrain you hear from Democrats: "I know the situation seems ridiculous, but the law ties our hands!" Don't believe them. First, the Biden DHS has been actively trying to REDUCE the number of ICE detention facilities - not exactly what you'd expect someone with "a lack of alternatives" to be doing. As district court judge T. Kent Wetherell II wrote in his opinion finding that Biden's border releases violated federal law in Florida v. U.S.: "Thus, like a child who kills his parents and then seeks pity for being an orphan, it is hard to take [the administration’s] claim that they had to release more aliens into the country because of limited detention capacity seriously when they have elected not to use one of the tools provided by Congress in [section 235(b)(2)(C) of the INA] and they have continued to ask for less detention capacity." Second, there is another LEGAL alternative to parole: Remain In Mexico. U.S. immigration law *explicitly* allows for sending "asylum seekers" back across the border to await their hearings. Thus, it was the basis for Trump's Migration Protection Protocols (MPP) which his administration implemented in the Summer of 2019, and (of course) Biden immediately suspended upon taking office.

[@JuanRojas-on4vg]

From the DHS website: "Most unauthorized residents either entered the United States without inspection or were admitted temporarily and stayed past the date they were required to leave" Asylum seekers are not unauthorized migrants. So much for the "unbiased"...

[@karincrane3220]

Here's a fact Steve missed: In getting to 335 million, we have wiped out 85% of wildlife. We lost 2.5 billion birds alone. Mostly due to habitat destruction. If we continue to grow 2 million people a year, we will be approaching 500 million by 2100. How well do we think the remaining 15% of wildlife will survive when the humans number almost a half billion? A country jammed coast to coast with people and no wildlife is not a place where I want to live. If we went back to 1970 population levels, it would take tremendous pressure off of our environment, our land, and our society. Lower housing costs, lower food costs, more open spaces: This whole system of endless growth is ridiculous.

[@Rob02138]

How do you propose we go back to a 1970 population level? Murder tens of millions of people to save a bunch of birds? Insanity.

[@petsr4mj]

Amen

[@firstlast9916]

Nope. 90% of the USA is uninhabited land. Take a flight from New York to LA. All you see is green.

[@branch_ranch]

But won't someone think of the shareholders? Who would pay taxes and toil in the trenches for sub-standard pay? /S

[@firstlast9916]

@@branch_ranch shareholders are mostly middle class Americans. The myth that your average shareholder is a billionaire is false.

[@barbarabrooks4747]

We would have higher birth rates if immigrantion.didn't increase housing prices and lower wages. Also, the tax burden for the children of immigrants is huge. Usually they are on Medicaid, WIC and SNAP. Generally they are behind in school and cost a lot to educate for the amount of value they add to the economy.

[@marciamartins1992]

That's because corporations became citizens, and they have more money and say than you, because they pay the parents of those immigrant children very low wages. So they are the ones stealing from you.

[@petsr4mj]

Exactly. Americans can no longer afford housing, kids. The government is taxing us to death to pay for this growth we do not need or want.

[@Unsolicitedbias]

It says a lot about a country when people are willing to risk rape and beatings, theft and even trafficking to get to a country. And we are just a few that people really desperately want to go to. I have seen other places. Some are nice if you already have money, but are tough to work if you were born there to a working class family. Seems many countries in Eastern Europe still have a lot of the hold over mentality from the days of being in the Soviet system. Pay was and remained poor for years before and even for a long time after the Fall of the Soviet Union. That did open the doors for NATO and the EU to come into Eastern Europe and start to turn things around. Unfortunately, Russia is still bribing Government officials to resist the EU/NATO systems, and you get countries that seem to be sitting on the Fence between fully adopting the necessary improvements to governance, banking, finance accounting, transparency and of course corruption and still holding on to the "Russian" way of doing things.

[@joeblow3990]

How does NATO membership help any country in Eastern Europe? Russia strongly feels that NATO is a military alliance HOSTILE to Russian interests and Russian security. Any country that is a NATO member and is in the territorial area Russians consider their sphere of influence becomes a target of Russian hostility. How does that benefit ANY country??

[@marciamartins1992]

Umm look at what we have done to Cuba....we are not that different.

[@SuperFredAZ]

this was absolutely brilliant! Thanks.

[@Bm91814]

The biggest issue in the US immigration systems is under funding immigration to hire many officers adjudicating cases, when this happens asylees stay, some over 10 years without a definitive answer. There should be more employees to adjudicate cases keep those who deserve it then deport the rest who don’t qualify

[@chavitacanta008]

Simple : do not let more immigrants in than your system can handle ! No system can handle a 200% increase ! Better yet file for it in your home country, it is an option !

[@johncgibson4720]

OMG. Good American coming down to get those numbers straight. Rare find.

[@curie3938]

how do you count people that have "snuck" in?

[@mrb6309]

Ever heard of statistical modeling? I doubt it.

[@pquodling]

In looking at "Immigration" figures, don't forget that there are over a million US Citizens living in Mexico to avoid US tax etc.

[@chavitacanta008]

Know of what you speak ! Income from abroad must be reported ! You must include forgein bank accounts or stuff that money in mattress or smuggle it back to us !

[@pquodling]

@@chavitacanta008 Yeah, sure - people that have fled the Jurisdiction of the USA will be complying 100% with tax laws.. Dream on, McDuff.

[@pedrodan]

Awesome that line "just the facts you decide what you believe" i was ohh come on give us your opinion!

[@ichifish]

Is it just me, or does Microsoft have the best ex-CEOs?

[@KateWitt]

Many seattle microsoft millionaires from the 90s went on to both start small tech businesses and be philanthropic.

[@vitoponzio2234]

Thank you for all the 'facts', since they're a vanishing breed nowadays in our national discourse. My only quibble is that they don't include the immigration statistics/facts about immigrants coming in from the Canadian border, the other major point of entry into the US, where they have seen an increased uptick in cases. And those coming in from the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans and all the various Caribbean isles, including Haiti & the Dominican Republic and Cuba. Keep up the good work.

[@MaureenCahill-bk9mh]

In the interest of transparency we should require ICE to provide a list of where deportees were returned, how long they were in the US, and all crimes committed while here.

[@Thatsbannanas-d8c]

Why not just drop the boarders ? Let people live where they want to.

[@kbach2946]

High Schools should have a required class based on this KZbin channel

[@privat5745]

So disguntingly woke that you will call it unauthorized immigrants instead of ILLEGAL immigrants.

[@Bravo21]

The poblem is conflating Illegal with Legal Immigration, they are not the same thing. The flood of illegals is unsustainable, harmeful to our nation and the asylum clasification is broken and must be fixed. Truth is there is no benefit to American Citizens from Illegal immigration or the misuse of the asylum claim we see so much of today. In fact today's immiration directly harms Americans regardless of race and it harms our children, middle class and poor the most. You really ok with that? If you are, then please ask yourself when the wants of foreign nationals became more important to you than the needs of Citizens. Seriously, how did you get this so twisted?

[@marciamartins1992]

Well we scapegoat immigrants, but the fact is USA loves interfering in global politics and challenging other countries soverinty by disrupting markets to it's advantage. If you're doing well in your own country you don't leave.

[@andrew9360]

Ballmer for president

[@mariannem8419]

This is an interesting start to a conversation about immigration, but we should also discuss topics like how many Americans want to do the work, like farm work, that many migrants do. Most immigrants are very hard-working people, and initially, many are willing to work for less money than most Americans are willing to accept. We can blame those who hire them, but we also have to look at ourselves, those of us who benefit from paying less than we would have to pay a U.S. citizen. Most people want to stay in their home countries, so we have to discuss why people cannot earn a living wage in their home countries. Over the years, the U.S. has given many, many millions of dollars to a lot of countries. Where has all that money gone?

[@chavitacanta008]

Short answer ; politicians pockets ! $ 30 thousand is upper middle class in Mexico ! You can live nicely on $2,000 a month ! Talking two bedroom,pool, a/c, near a beach or near center city ! Includes maid once or twice a week, pool service monthly,and internet / cable ! Mexico is picky ! You have show proof of income for temporary residency around 40 thousand a year ! We should try that here !

[@mikefobear589]

There has never been a sensible and humane border policy.

[@firstlast9916]

By definition border policy is legalized discrimination.

[@AndrewMann205]

We have groups in our society and government that supports and encourages illegal immigration. There does not seem to be an immigration plan tied to job creation. If we want a million immigrants factories and other businesses need to be added so these million immigrants don’t take jobs away from people already here. The volume of immigration needs to be controlled so towns and cities don’t go bankrupt dealing with a large influx of new people. To many Americans immigration is not controlled nor managed. Hence a backlash.

[@dermick]

Most illegal immigration benefits someone - we should understand who, and make them pay the costs, not externalize these costs to the wider community. In the end much of these costs will be shouldered by the average consumer in slightly higher costs for products produced by these immigrants. TNSTAAFL.

[@marciamartins1992]

So what you're saying is, we need a compromized labor force. Lol If you're the dish washer, you hate immigrants. If you're the restaurant owner, you love immigrants.

[@gilleek2]

Why are Americans so sceptical about their government? Saying "what the government is up to" suggests some kind of conspiracy theory which is odd from a corporate leader.

[@chavitacanta008]

They are ; people ! It is ; government !

[@dermick]

Good observation @gilleek2 - it's very true. The government to most Americans is not very transparent, sometimes behaves capriciously, and is generally unaccountable. These are things that can and should be fixed, but very few want to take on this task.

[@KateWitt]

So much research data and information is completely free and available to the american people (so far) that we don't appreciate what we do have. We can sit home and watch what's happening in Congress streamed to our living rooms. We can read every version of every bill from our personal computers. We can look up our reps' voting records from our phones. IDK.

[@marciamartins1992]

Yes, but isn't that work? Lol the American economy is based on; "how could we make life easyer for you by selling you some gadget?"

[@petsr4mj]

Because the government lies and "classifies" what they don't want citizens to know.

[@zomgneedaname]

Nobody: absolutely nobody: Steve Ballmer: hey guys want a channel with just rhe facts and no politics that you can get from any other source???

[@MelonxJuice]

What a joke this country has become

[@crmendi1]

I lived in USA with a working Visa between 2007 and 2013. I returned recently to visit your great country. The cultural changes haven't been the best. The respect to traffic rules, order, street cleaning, homeless are some of the indicators I use in my assessment. I don't manage data, but the change is easy to perceive. In some areas of Austin TX is hard to communicate in English. I have nothing against immigrants. We have plenty here in Argentina as well. Most of them hard workers and contributors. However, when these individuals start changing the culture, and "the American way", perhaps is time to race the bar. A reference may be the wester countries in Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Spain...) where inmigrants have became a big problem.

[@fvr12345]

Just the facts and only 14 comments. So sad.

[@Sweet..letssurf]

People prefer fake news

[@zomgneedaname]

Looks like it was closed until after the election lol

[@boatsail1]

Overly complicated machine. The inmates are running the asylum.

[@glennbassett2224]

I thought you would find this information interesting given our recent conversations on the subject. See you guys some time soon!

[@antiquehealbot6543]

Me, as a legal immigrant, is bound to my position with lower wages for visa support. I have bachelor in flight operation and has all the advanced pilot certificates. I've educated a lot of students for their own pilot certificate. I'm starting my masters in human factors in aviation next year. And I'm still not guaranteed to have any kind of long term work authorization. My visa permits to work for 6 years. It's a long time but limited time. Yet those people crossing who's not willing to follow rules are getting more favorable treatment of granted 'work permit' after 180days of crossing the border. How is this fair? I'm spending a big chunk of my paycheck and time researching for the legal and right way to get the citizenship but these border smugglers are making it harder for everyone who's trying to do the right thing and follow the rules.

[@chavitacanta008]

Same here ! My wife and I paid about two thousand and waited over a year to do it the Legal way ! Would be nice to do nothing ,pay nothing and have citizenship bestowed on you !

[@protovack]

democrats dont care. but they will spend extraordinary effort convincing you that they do. all they care about is your vote to keep them in power.

[@dermick]

@@chavitacanta008 I certainly understand the frustration, but I think if you looked into the lives of those that come in "illegally", you would not want to trade lives with them. The solution is to find a way to make the immigration system better.

[@TheViettan28]

@@chavitacanta008 2k is barely enough to apply for adjusting status. Is there anything wrong with your numbers?

[@petsr4mj]

Agreed. Illegal immigration hurts legal immigration.

[@marciamartins1992]

Perhaps if we broke it down by which countries the immigrants are arriving from, it would shed light on our foreign policies.

[@firstlast9916]

One interesting statistic is that 1.4 billion Indians are in line for a quota of 2802 available work visas. While 500 million Europeans are in line for 78,000 work visas. That’s 28 times easier to get that green card if you are European.

[@Ihearyou642]

Lots of people just overstay their visa.

[@creativeidea7448]

Will that impact you? Maybe they are the person keep food cheap

[@user-mad7max11dystopia]

There was a deal struck in Congress that would have increased the number of judges and enforcement officers but that was used as a political wedge issue by the president elect.

[@robertchavez5137]

Facts ohh inconvenient facts 😂😂

[@marciamartins1992]

They love us dumb.

[@johnberry1107]

It is all about paying taxes - to me. We have doctors from other lands working as Uber drivers in the USA while ignoramuses lead us. When rich folks resist taxation the rest of us can do as we please. Stay safe.

[@chavitacanta008]

They work Uber because the US does not recognize their accredidation for a Dr certification ! Qualifications vary from other countries ! Some times they have to take classes or get certified here !

[@marciamartins1992]

This is a big problem in the US, the state board, you can have a certificate in California, but it's no good in Texas. You'll have to take more tests, and pay more fees.

[@mark11967AD]

Intelligent man would have made a much better Presidential candidate than what was put out there. And I like Harris and Biden as people but one age caught up with and the other just not that dude as a campaigner or Nation’s chief. Even Biden excellent Senator and caretaker of the Nation but hardly a dynamic, brilliant leader. This guy is smart and articulate. Would have been a better choice if he could read the woke tea leaves and have concrete solutions for out of control housing and food costs.

[@Ihearyou642]

Data is kinda old!

[@chavitacanta008]

Lot of it is 23 because the official government figures have not been made up yet ,uhh compiled !

[@thenatedoggchannel9719]

Pretty much the liberal excuse making you'd expect. It would be interesting to seem him do a data driven presentation on crime in the US

[@marthamorton6470]

We need temporary workers visas that are good for 3 years and renewable. DACA kids should become naturalized citizens. These people are already part of the system as farm and construction workers. We should have a skilled labor strategy as well. More workers and consumers at the same time.

[@l1wzEqsWwy]

something fishy has to be going on here. how does this channel all of the sudden have millions of view in only few days with no comments?

[@zipei1673]

The comment section was turned "off" previously, now it's open.

[@noahvalenzuela2480]

I love trusting capitalists, it's obviously how we bring about change 😂

[@edhazzlerigg8661]

Steve Ballmer is the former CEO of Microsoft and a major funder of progressive-left groups. 1 From 2016-2021, Ballmer donated over $110 million to Los Angeles organizations alone.

[@KateWitt]

Yes we are all quite aware of who Steve Ballmer is. He is a millionaire (billionaire maybe) capitalist who believes in education and his foundation primarily funds anything to help children. Lifting them out of poverty with better education, funding mental health services etc... I encourage others to find out more about the Ballmer Group. They do good work.

[@meghill4537]

Love to see a comparison of taker vs maker states, especially after Trump's recent win.

[@FLORIDIANMILLIONAIRE]

If you love facts you needs to learn Physics.

[@TheFAFOHouse]

This will start as non-partisan like most liberal news organization.

[@Realmccoy818]

What do you mean h1b don’t have path to citizenship ? Of course they do.

[@562handsomemike]

Lol

[@562handsomemike]

Just marry a Trump?

[@ETA2004]

An H1B (or TN or L etc.) doesn't directly lead to citizenship in and of itself. These visas get you into the US and working here legally, but you have limited options wrt taking a different job and, in the case of an H1B, that can only be renewed twice and after that you may be out of luck. To get citizenship, you'd need to go through the green card process which requires labor certification (not always guaranteed to succeed, especially when unemployment is high) and can be subject to country-specific quotas. Or, some people obtain citizenship through other means (marriage to a US citizen, outstanding ability, etc.). I'm guessing that's what was meant in the video...

[@benwu2123]

H1b does not have path to citizenship. If you ask any immigration attorney they will tell you the same thing as Ballmer just said here. What H1b does is just buy you time to apply for the green card while working in the US legally.

[@creativeidea7448]

They don’t, not until their employers are willing to sponsor their green card, which call EB 123

[@Tunick1902]

Useless to be flooded with this info

[@marciamartins1992]

Speak for your self...and enjoy the sand.

[@HalseyHFW]

IDK maybe dont say it's "just facts" while referencing Willy Wonka.

[@andrewprince2906]

11.6 millions only in LA😂 Your numbers stink

[@nathancinnamon2827]

It's quite funny and insulting,how he deliberately excluded gaza when he was talking about humanitarian crisis,he only mentioned ukraine and haiti.Hypocrisy at its best,it seems like its normal to dehumanize palestinians

[@marciamartins1992]

Is it true that if Palestinians leave, they can't come back?

[@eatmyblocks-blockchaindeve4093]

Yeah not buying thr propeganda. They all got to go

[@Sweet..letssurf]

Ha

[@IsmailLev]

Simply impossible without extraordinary circumstances. Any action under trump would be a drop in the bucket and not do anything.

[@G8Thunder]

...because?

[@creativeidea7448]

Yeah, anything fact is propoganda. You are living in your so fragile glass world! Cult!

[@dreamstever]

Insightful feedback, thank you.