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Immigrant brain drain in Silicon Valley
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| March 30, 2006
| George Lewis, NBC News
Posted on 03/31/2006 6:25:17 AM PST by adorno
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My question is: If these people are so talented, why do they need to be in the U.S. to start their dream business? Wouldn't their respective countries be better off having those people start businesses in their native countries? India, as an example, has a huge IT sector and I'm sure would be willing to welcome those 'entrepreneurs".
Mething that some of their complaints are retitless and more than likely are just looking for excuses for staying in the U.S.
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:25:19 AM PST
by
adorno
To: adorno
OK - let us keep 12 million illegals in case one of them has a good idea and starts a business...
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:26:23 AM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - They want to die for Islam, and we want to kill them.)
To: adorno
"It's in the field of Internet advertising."
Perhaps he should be deported really soon...
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:27:16 AM PST
by
P-40
(http://www.590klbj.com/forum/index.php?referrerid=1854)
To: adorno
India has lots of IT folks, but generally in my experience their calibre is far lower that most US engineers. I have met some that are amazing.. but most are just bit pushers that will never be more than individual contributors.
To: adorno
But because he has no green card, he'll have to return to India to start his companydarn
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:29:53 AM PST
by
jjw
To: adorno
H1-B visas are supposed to be temporary. I don't see the problem.
To: adorno
The legal immmigrants working in Silicon Valley in the technical sector are quite different from those streaming in from Mexico. How many high-tech jobs are held by illegial immigrants from Mexico? Yeah, that's what I thought. None.
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:33:01 AM PST
by
TommyDale
To: adorno
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:33:02 AM PST
by
adorno
To: adorno
* Pierre Omidyar, born in France, founded eBay * Andrew Grove, born in Hungary, helped start Intel * Sergey Brin, from Russia, co-founded Google, Juan Garcia (an illegal) published "Gardening for Dummies".
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:34:04 AM PST
by
umgud
(12 gauge, the original pepper spray)
To: adorno
Perhaps if we did not have 20 to 25 million illegals here we could allow more illegal immigrants.
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:34:10 AM PST
by
jpsb
To: adorno
"Currently I've got an idea for a startup company," says Singaram. "It's in the field of Internet advertising."Gee, what a unique idea...
what would the internet be like without advertising?
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:34:24 AM PST
by
Willie Green
(Go Pat Go!!!!)
To: adorno
He could always just stay here. It's not like the ICE is gonna knock on his door tomorrow or the next day or the next decade.........or century...........
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:34:28 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.....)
To: adorno
Maybe because we have a free market in this country and a higher standard of living?
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:34:59 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(I Just Wasn't Made for These Times)
To: Clemenza
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:35:17 AM PST
by
Clemenza
(I Just Wasn't Made for These Times)
To: adorno
But because he has no green card, he'll have to return to India to start his company. Oh, boo hoo! I suspect most Americans are willing to forego his "genius."
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:35:22 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: adorno
In California's Silicon Valley, the superstars of the high-tech industry are all immigrants Really? There are no American high-tech superstars? What about Steve Jobs? Bill Gates? Are they the only two? I find that hard to believe.
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:35:27 AM PST
by
Chanticleer
(Let us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready. T. Roosevelt)
To: Red Badger
The Indian guys are usually very law-abiding. If they are no longer allowed to stay, then they leave.
Maybe that's why we should let more in. We already have enough law-breakers, how about a few law-obeyers?
To: antiRepublicrat
I don't see why Bush is pushing the Guest Worker program so hard. We already have one - it's called the H1B program. The problem is that it keeps getting expanded and I've never seen any of these people ever go home. They stay permanently!
To: adorno
i am glad you posted this article.
i have been wanting to start a discussion about revamping the immigration policy from the current lottery system to one which gives preference to English speaking people from anywhere who have credentials in the higher sciences and mathematics.
I would go so far as to encourage companies to put together wish lists for people with particular skill sets in medicine and sciences and try to match them up with candidates(ala recruitment) overseas with promises of an accelerated naturalization system to those qualifying.
this is the basic idea with the reason being that the US should be dominant in all areas of scientific and medical advancement. to do this, we should bring the best the rest of the countries have here and let the capitalist system do what it does best.
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:37:54 AM PST
by
APRPEH
(You and I have a rendezvous with destiny.)
To: proxy_user
He could always open a 7-11 store.......
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posted on
03/31/2006 6:38:33 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I must not fear.Fear is the mind-killer.Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.....)
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