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A company called Ticom Geomatics has applied for the most experimental licenses.

From their homepage: "we offer challenging projects where the results make a difference globally"

Note: "Make a difference" can be double-speak.

They also mention their "diverse and collaborative environment". I wonder if there are Mexicans on their staff.

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This is a picture of their staff. It looks reasonably diverse: http://www.ticom-geo.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/tgi-grou...

Remember, legal immigrants (from Mexico or anywhere else) tend to be among the strongest opponents of illegal immigration.

This is like saying that people who sleep legally in their own homes are among the strongest opponents of those who sleep illegally under overpasses.

I doubt there is much overlap in the two immigrant populations beyond their country of origin.

I don't understand how you look at that staff picture and say that it's "reasonably diverse".

Do you know their backgrounds? Do you know whether they were raised rich or poor? Perhaps some come from the Eastern states, some from the West, others from the south. Some are young and some are old. Maybe some like classical music while others prefer rap. Some like long walks on the beach while others like spending time hiking in the forest.

Lots of diversity is probably contained in that photo, just not the superficial type you're most fixated on.

The comment I replied to said that they look diverse. So how do they look diverse based on that picture alone?

Based on that picture alone? Some tall, some short, some old, some young, some men, some women, some skinny, some fat, etc. Lots of superficial diversity in that picture.

Well, in the traditional sense of diversity, I see just about every race/ethnicity represented there. It's very diverse staff represented in this picture.

"Note: "Make a difference" can be double-speak."

Yes, just like "make the world a better place" can be.

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