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Need To Know  Brain Drain

Foreign entrepreneurs create jobs in the U.S. are forced to leave because of visa problems Details

 

Program: Need To Know

Episode: Brain Drain

Should the government make it easier for foreign-born, hi-tech workers to stay in the United States, as companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft argue? Or are these workers already undercutting the job market for Americans? Need to Knows Rick Karr travels to Silicon Valley and to New York City to investigate.

Duration: (9:52)
Premiere Date: 05/10/2012
Episode Expires: Tue 09 May 2017
TV Rating: NR


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