Ken Griffin

And unfortunately, as you and I both know, a number of countries in South and Central America didn't send us their best and brightest.

They did empty their prisons and send people to the United States that we really should not have welcomed warmly.

So I applaud the President for shutting the borders.

But those who've come to this country who have

who have placed roots here, who are working and contributing to our economy, we should find a path for them to be able to stay here and continue to contribute.

They're important in agriculture, they're important in construction, they're important in the leisure industries.

They do a lot of jobs that will be damn near impossible for us to fill with American-born laborers.

They're just going to be really tough.

And what gets lost in some of the debate is they're not taking jobs from Americans by and large.

They're actually playing critical roles that help American businesses thrive and succeed, that allow us to employ more people at higher wages across the broader economy.

So I think when it comes to immigration writ large, I think we've come off the rails, and we really do need to rethink our policies.

First and foremost, the President was right to close the borders.

But if you're at Home Depot in the morning looking for a job, that's not where ICE should be trying to find the person to deport.

I mean, fortunately, we're in a sector of the economy where $100,000 one-time cost to hire a person is not going to be make it or break it.

I worry far more about the brilliant student in India who doesn't come to America, or the gifted student in mathematics and physics who chooses to stay in China.

I mean, I was in China shortly after DeepSeek was announced.

Let me tell you what the Chinese were profoundly proud of.

Not one author on DeepSeek was educated in America.

It was a point of national pride in every meeting I went to.

It was the profound pride that not one person who authored Deep Seek was educated in America.