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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In 1965, the Immigration Act of 1924 was repealed, opening the gates to immigrants and allowing a critical mass of technology companies to develop in clusters around Boston and Santa Clara County.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: 2) by quietus on Friday November 30 2018, @07:07PM (2 children)

    by quietus (6328) on Friday November 30 2018, @07:07PM (#768396) Journal

    Out of the following list, which are the countries that are not a leader in tech, according to you?

    1. Mozambique
    2. Italy
    3. Luxembourg
    4. the Netherlands
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @07:36PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 30 2018, @07:36PM (#768408)

    Number two: Italy

    Final answer, Regis.

    Did I win a million dollars?

    • (Score: 2) by quietus on Friday November 30 2018, @08:18PM

      by quietus (6328) on Friday November 30 2018, @08:18PM (#768425) Journal

      You're not the kind who drives a Maserati [wikipedia.org] or flies a heli [wikipedia.org] to work, are you?

      If only you had that million, eh.