Comment by danny_codes

It doesn’t make sense from a national security perspective actually.

A better plan would be to encourage skilled immigration and offer compelling benefits and stability like family visas, free movement, and so on. That way, the best people would make their contributions to science and society here. It’s actually a masterstroke because it deprives other countries of their best people.

The current administration is filled with weak men and therefore chose policies that look “strong” but are actually rooted in personal insecurity