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him. The office those people worked in needed to be cleaned,
it needed office supplies. All of that secondary spending and
all of those jobs were a direct loss to the American economy
because that one visa was rejected.
The question becomes who decides what highly skilled
means. Current proposals range from simply stapling a green
card to the diploma of any foreign graduate to only for technical
(STeM) PhDs. Many VCs who are facilitators for the
success of entrepreneurs and interested in growing a stronger
entrepreneurial community have spoken out in support:
• http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2010/06/mr-feld-goesto-dc-again-to-talk-about-innovation.html
• http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/06/the-chorus-for-immigration-reform-grows-louder.html
Some actual bills have been proposed in the US Congress
containing STeM Green Card provisions; most require that
the graduate get a job in a technical field rather than explicitly
spelling out a path where jobs creators can also qualify:
• Startup Act (2.0), S.1965/S.3217
• SMART Jobs Act, S.3192
• STAR Act, S.3185
• STAPLe Act, H.R.399
other proposals, like Startup Visa, require more initiative —
separate from but usually correlated with higher education
— to create something economically valuable to the country
in order to qualify for the visa and convert it to a green card.
Whether through academic research, industrial manufacturing,
or entrepreneurial disruption, these are the people
who will work with highly-skilled, driven Americans to help
create the future. There is no cap to success in a world where
we acknowledge that we can grow the economic pie; more
ingredients simply leads to more success.
And I'm a selfish guy. I want that success to be American;
no matter her country of birth, if she's building the future, I
want it to be built here.
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