Those tech immigrants fuel our economy!

Google's Multicultural Workforce

Source: "Tech Recruiting Clashes With Immigration Rules," MATT RICHTEL, The New York Times, April 11, 2009.

I quote:

Immigrants......are the lifeblood of Google and Silicon Valley, where half the engineers were born overseas, up from 10 percent in 1970. Google and other big companies say the Chinese, Indian, Russian and other immigrant technologists have transformed the industry, creating wealth and jobs.

Just over half the companies founded in Silicon Valley from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s had founders born abroad, according to Vivek Wadhwa, an immigration scholar working at Duke and Harvard.....

But technology executives say that byzantine and increasingly restrictive visa and immigration rules have imperiled their ability to hire more of the world’s best engineers.

Comment: Perhaps the Obama administration can undo the damage that was done in this respect by the Bush administration. It should be an easier job than the damage done to our economy, our military capacity, our safety, and our international influence. JAD

Check out the interactive maps of the places from which immigrant workers come to the United States. There are maps specific to scientists and engineers.