Chip. We take a look at why the president ial bet on arizona is not as fresh as it may seem. But first, to the lead. The epicenter for the International Debate on Donald Trumps immigration policy is here in San Francisco. The case took on increased business importance as 120 Companies Including Tech Companies from apple, facebook, google filed a legal brief condemning it. Leaders from the tech sector were among the first and most outspoken critics on the executive order on immigration. Why . Perhaps it is because many of the companies that define tech today would not exist without immigrants . Here is a quick recap. Caroline now my colleague cory johnson caught up with the founder of joyus and former advisor to twitter. If you look at the history of some of the most famous Tech Companies we just saw it and there is a lot in terms of the data historically, but today in Silicon Valley over 58 of the highly skilled workers here are immigrants. When you step back and look at our labor pool
Chip. We take a look at why the president ial bet on arizona is not as fresh as it may seem. But first, to the lead. The epicenter for the International Debate on Donald Trumps immigration policy is here in San Francisco. The case took on increased business importance as 120 Companies Including Tech Companies from apple, facebook, google filed a legal brief condemning it. Leaders from the tech sector were among the first and most outspoken critics on the executive order on immigration. Why . Perhaps it is because many of the companies that define tech today would not exist without immigrants . Here is a quick recap. Caroline now my colleague cory johnson caught up with the founder of joyus and former advisor to twitter. If you look at the history of some of the most famous Tech Companies we just saw it and there is a lot in terms of the data historically, but today in Silicon Valley over 58 of the highly skilled workers here are immigrants. When you step back and look at our labor pool
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