High Tech and Immigration

Who knew that the high tech industry would affect immigration reform so much? I mean, outside of everyone.

It's no secret that most of the high profile firms nowadays are hiring the best and the brightest-- and they frankly don't care where those people come from as long as they continue to provide exemplary results. In a recent Economist article, "The Jobs Machine",

In another NYTimes article, "A Bill Allowing More Foreign Workers Stirs a Tech Debate", Joey Doernberg, a unemployed engineer, is a little upset because, although being in the high tech industry for years in chip making, he is now struggling to find a job in the industry that he loves. He blames the influx of immigrants who are now specifically hired for their skills, whereas his skills, although pertinent, would still require a fair amount of retraining before they gain attention from the recruiters that are prowling the business schools and engineering hotspots today.

Having a lot of friends who are on visas to be here to begin with (to go to school and now to actually work), I wonder if this immigration debate is going to end up with us needing to decide whether or not we want to curb the young immigrants that we educate here or the older immigrants who are looking to bring themselves and their families over. Although there is merit to each, I can't help but think that I'm pretty sure which one the government would choose.