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In 1965, the Immigration Act of 1924 was repealed, opening the gates to immigrants and allowing a critical mass of technology companies to develop in clusters around Boston and Santa Clara County.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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday November 30 2018, @08:23PM
I've been a city mouse, and now am a country mouse. And I can assure you that the system sucks plenty for both of them. Urban decay and rural decay look different, but both of them are set up so that, as you say, most people gladly drink piss if it's offered, because it's better than nothing.
The whole "cities are great, the rural areas are the ones in shambles" versus "the rural areas are great, the cities are in shambles" debate exists to keep the people in rural areas and cities from recognizing that they're only in shambles because they're being robbed wholesale by a relatively tiny number of people who have been making out like bandits. Oh, and don't think you can vote your way out of this problem, either, because the relatively tiny number of people have control over both major parties, and everybody with power gladly works together to make damn sure those two parties are the only ones with a chance of winning.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.