Hrag Vartanian

Those of us who are immigrants to this country, know how frustrating the experience can be. The system is filled with well-intentioned people but it still doesn’t seem to work well, whether because of misinformation, prejudice or politics, either way it is broken.

Google has posted a VERY interesting item on their official blog entitled, “What U.S. Immigration policies mean to Google.”

The item focuses on skill-based immigrants, like me, who are faced with antiquated quotas that don’t gel with this nation’s need for highly-skilled workers. The post by Google Policy Counsel, Pablo Chavez, writes:

Immigrants from countries like Canada, Iran, and Switzerland now lead our business operations, global marketing, global business development, and data infrastructure operations. Without these talented employees and many others, Google would not be where it is today.

Good for Google! I’m proud that one of my favorite company is using their heft to facilitate some positive changes in U.S. immigration policy.

Strangely, this debate has been very heated on the right side of the political spectrum but not the left, I’m assuming because most on the left are in favor of a more lenient immigration policy.

Anyway, those that may not know what some of the worst case scenarios can be for skill-based immigrants, check out Patrick J. Buchanan’s site (I can’t believe I’m pointing to Pat Buchanan, but there’s a first time for everything!).

{hat tip to V for the original item}