Thursday, March 01, 2012

Immigration chief seeks to reassure Silicon Valley

Non-citizens who are educated in our universities often have to leave to start their companies, even though they are needed here and would stay if they were allowed to. - - Donna Poisl

By Marcus Wholsen, Associated Press

MOUNTAIN VIEW -- The Obama administration's top immigration official said Wednesday he wants to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the U.S. But to make that happen, he said he needs those entrepreneurs to turn their creativity to immigration itself.

Members of Silicon Valley's startup community met with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Director Alejandro Mayorkas for what the agency billed as a summit to officially launch its unusual "Entrepreneurs in Residence" program.
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