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posted by martyb on Friday November 30 2018, @09:47AM   Printer-friendly
from the Quite-a-few-from-Europe-and-China,-too dept.

As a former H1 visa holder, this article interested me and shows the value that immigrants bring to the USA.

According to this opinion piece, the USA and specifically Santa Clara county is only the leader in tech because of immigrants.

In 1965, the Immigration Act of 1924 was repealed, opening the gates to immigrants and allowing a critical mass of technology companies to develop in clusters around Boston and Santa Clara County. A significant proportion of all the best graduates from the best schools in India (IIT) came to the USA -- in effect, the USA siphoned off India's best talent and used it to develop leadership in technology and to grow the economy.


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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @11:07AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @11:07AM (#768232)

    And rampant "intellectual property" theft, when it was a younger nation. So are many other countries but hardly a legacy to be proud of.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Saturday December 01 2018, @12:15AM

    by Bot (3902) on Saturday December 01 2018, @12:15AM (#768520) Journal

    I was looking for this comment.

    Europe stole tech from China (or better, found a nice use for their fireworks) and prospered. USA stole tech from Europe and prospered. Remember when Japan was the copycat? and then Korea? now China has been the copycat and is beginning to protect its intellectual property.

    About slavery, I dunno. Many Americans worked their asses off as if they were slaves but they were free. A society who basically values only success, like the USA and now the world, tends to keep people enslaved, success means getting in different social circles and you are back to square one, e.g. when you see a cayenne in the driveway and an 4c under a roof and you are looking at the back entrance and you wonder "what are those guys keeping in the garage?"...

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