This week the National Venture Capital Association released “American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness,” a new study that reveals something that Silicon Valley netizens already know but scream for others to recognize: The immigration debate affects America’s economy in a big way. When most Americans think of immigration, illegal workers from Mexico usually spring to mind. In the movie “Babel,” for instance, the housekeeper who endangers children is sent back to Mexico after being caught by border control.
I guess I don't understand the "debate" over illegal immigration in this country. Each side talks right past the other. This column is another example. Does Ms Arrison think that immigration enforcement is designed to keep out legal immigrants? Is anyone calling for an end to (or even a reduction in) legal immigration? Or is she trying to suggest that the entrepreneurs mentioned in the column are illegal immigrants-- if so, I doubt she is correct! So to sum up Ms Arrison's case: Some people are opposed to apples, but oranges are good! So is she stating that there is no difference between apples and oranges? We need to have a national discussion on this issue, but we have to get past the slogans and empty rhetoric-- on all sides.
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America: Wake Up on Immigration
Posted by: Sonia Arrison November 17, 2006 04:00 AMThis week the National Venture Capital Association released “American Made: The Impact of Immigrant Entrepreneurs and Professionals on U.S. Competitiveness,” a new study that reveals something that Silicon Valley netizens already know but scream for others to recognize: The immigration debate affects America’s economy in a big way. When most Americans think of immigration, illegal workers from Mexico usually spring to mind. In the movie “Babel,” for instance, the housekeeper who endangers children is sent back to Mexico after being caught by border control.
This column is another example. Does Ms Arrison think that immigration enforcement is designed to keep out legal immigrants? Is anyone calling for an end to (or even a reduction in) legal immigration? Or is she trying to suggest that the entrepreneurs mentioned in the column are illegal immigrants-- if so, I doubt she is correct!
So to sum up Ms Arrison's case: Some people are opposed to apples, but oranges are good! So is she stating that there is no difference between apples and oranges?
We need to have a national discussion on this issue, but we have to get past the slogans and empty rhetoric-- on all sides.