Biotech and technology are essential to Mass. We want the greatest talents in the world to live and work in our country.
“WSJ: You recently said that the factor limiting R&D isn’t money but the ability to find the best people. Aren’t we producing enough people?
Dr. Levinson: I think Bill Gates made a comment about immigration and the fact that we make it most difficult for the smartest people to come into this country. We’re tightly constrained in terms of bringing great scientists from Great Britain, France or Germany. We struggle to bring in these incredible people who are going to help the economy, help patients and help our business grow. At the end of the day, it will only be good. But we are making it tough on ourselves.”
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The entire question of immigration has shifted away from anything resembling rational policy analysis, and has now become this law enforcement/national security thing that the Republicans are wrapping themselves up in.
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I noticed on Mike Barnicle’s show yesterday that when Michael Graham was referring to illegal aliens he was actually calling them something like “criminal immigrants.” That’s clever. Of course, he missed his big opening to coin the national, neo-con phrase “crimmigrants.”
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A shame, don’t you think?