A plea for open doors

摘要

Traditionally, companies have allied themselves with conservative political parties that champion free enterprise and low taxes. But there is one issue where businesses and right-wing politicians do not see eye to eye: immigration. Most conservatives oppose free movement of labour, whereas business generally wants fewer immigration controls. The technologyin-dustry in particular is keen to attract the brightest staff from all over the world, and ideally to group all their best engineers in the same place, usually in California.