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The Google founder's mom says we need a flow of fresh talent from overseas. She makes her case that both immigrants and immigration have fueled the growth of the US economy since our beginning. While she concedes that Sergey's success is an anomoly, she does substantiate her argument with stats from the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity demonstrating that both male and female immigrants are starting businesses at a significantly higher rate than the native population.
She also makes an interesting point about the immigrant workers' affect on native workers' ability to obtain jobs and living wages. According to the Immigration Policy Center, immigrants mostly complement - rather than compete with - native workers because of their unique education and skill sets, as well as the interdependency of their jobs. This is because immigrants are strongly concentrated in jobs that demand either extremely high skills or very few skills, filling employment needs unmet by native workers at each end of the employment spectrum.Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/11/12/2009-11-12_immigration_is_vital_to_our_economic_recovery.html#ixzz0WlzQSbR0
The New York Times reports that Sergey Brin, the wealthy co-founder of Google has pledged $1 million to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. The HIAS has had an extraordinary impact on millions of Jews. For generation after generation, HIAS has provided essential lifesaving services to world Jewry, through its mission of rescue, reunion and resettlement.
"I would have never had the kinds of opportunities I've had here in the Soviet Union, or even in Russia today," Mr. Brin said in an interview. "I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that's what this organization does."
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