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In 1965, the Immigration Act of 1924 was repealed, opening the gates to immigrants and allowing a critical mass of technology companies to develop in clusters around Boston and Santa Clara County.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: 2) by dry on Saturday December 01 2018, @07:17AM
Up here in Canada, we have to import foreign farm workers, mostly from Central America, fly them in, pay them $15+ an hour, give them housing, and fly them back at the end of the season due to Canadians refusing to do the work for $15 an hour. I think you'll find the same down there, at that didn't Georgia or somewhere get rid of all the illegal farm workers and was left with crops rotting in the fields?
It's shitty hard work, which takes certain skills to do well. I tried it a bit when I was young. It was contract then and I made about $10 a day while the Central Americans and E Indians were making over $50 a day, at a time when minimum wage was about $4 an hour.