Monday, April 2, 2012

HW #22 Tech Recruiting Clashes With Immigration Rules

While a lot of attention is paid to unskilled, undocumented immigrants, a great number of those who immigrate to the US are skilled tech engineers who are the lifeblood of companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple.  As the economic picture in the US has worsened, many Americans are criticizing companies that lay off American-born workers and "retain engineers living here on visas."  What do you think?

Read the article below, then respond to the following in a short paragraph:

Describe the difficulties faced by tech companies in their quest to hire foreign-born workers.

Your response should be typed and a minimum of 150 words.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/business/12immig.html?_r=1

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