I'd say the current stories about people enforcing poorly written rules at the border prove you wrong.
People say yes to scientists, but not if they're from certain countries. On top of that we have scientists from Europe being stopped at the border, making it unlikely that they or their compatriots may try to make the trip in the future. I know of at least one computer conference that has discussed moving the venue outside the US to try and mitigate the issues at the border.
While you may be right that no one debates elite people in their respective fields from moving or coming to the US, the enforcement is causing exactly the opposite to occur.
So, I respectfully disagree with you that what you suggest would be acceptable.
People say yes to scientists, but not if they're from certain countries. On top of that we have scientists from Europe being stopped at the border, making it unlikely that they or their compatriots may try to make the trip in the future. I know of at least one computer conference that has discussed moving the venue outside the US to try and mitigate the issues at the border.
While you may be right that no one debates elite people in their respective fields from moving or coming to the US, the enforcement is causing exactly the opposite to occur.
So, I respectfully disagree with you that what you suggest would be acceptable.