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Boston Calling: America’s H1B workers

App Academy in San Francisco, CA

16/03/2013

America’s H1B workers

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Could a controversial visa program for highly skilled foreigner workers be a bad idea?

A controversial US visa program for the highly-skilled; Arizona's "Team Milan" and the reigning Boston Marathon champion wins a different kind of race back home in Kenya.

A controversial US visa program for highly-skilled foreign workers; young refugees and immigrants in Arizona unite under the name "Team Milan"; the reigning Boston Marathon champ wins a different kind of race back home in Kenya and Japanese tsunami victims learn to smile again.

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