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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In 1965, the Immigration Act of 1924 was repealed, opening the gates to immigrants and allowing a critical mass of technology companies to develop in clusters around Boston and Santa Clara County.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, Disagree) by digitalaudiorock on Saturday December 01 2018, @02:28AM (1 child)

    by digitalaudiorock (688) on Saturday December 01 2018, @02:28AM (#768544) Journal

    ...and you think that immigration is the cause of that situation?? I'll just leave it with this, as it's hard to top:

    https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?noupdate=1&sid=28723&page=1&cid=765795 [soylentnews.org]

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  • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by The Shire on Saturday December 01 2018, @05:02AM

    by The Shire (5824) on Saturday December 01 2018, @05:02AM (#768560)

    That post is among the most naive I've ever read. If you think humanity can be grouped together into one giant homogeneous "Our Kind - HumanKind" all holding hands singing kumbaya together then you're out of your tiny little mind. The fact is people ARE different from one and another. Some are intelligent, some not so much. Some are dexterous, some not so much. Some are strong, some are weak, some are handicapped. There are personality types which are completely incompatible with other personality types. You can't pool all these people together, they are inherently different - not by race or skin color or creed, but by characters and skill and merit for a particular task or field.

    I get so sick of this PC crap about how we're all equal - well we're not. We have equal RIGHTS but we are not all equal in ability. It should be horribly obvious to anyone who cares to look around themselves that people are not all the same. And if that offends you then good - be offended. It's healthy to be offended. It stimulates you to improve yourself. This bull about everyone being the same and deserving to be treated the same is just that, bull. If you have a brilliant mind or a desirable skill then you deserve to be treated with respect. If you're an utter useless moron then you deserve none. And god knows there are plenty of the latter.