What do Intel, eBay, Google and Yahoo! all have in common? Aside from being four of the most successful U.S. companies, they were all started by immigrants. Consider the case of Andrew Grove, who at age 20 escaped Communist Poland and immigrated to America, where he received his education and started Intel. Today, Intel is the world’s largest computer chip maker in the world, employing some 85,000 people.
Now, what if after receiving his Ph.D. from Berkeley, Grove had been forced to leave the United States because of something as simple as an expired visa? Which welcoming country would now be able to boast Intel as one of its crown-jewel companies, whose innovations have revolutionized the world? Thankfully, Intel is a U.S. company because we let Grove accomplish his dreams right here in America.
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Author: Gary Shapiro
