Immigrants make up nearly three-quarters of Silicon Valley tech workforce, report says


  • TECH
  • Sunday, 21 Jan 2018

A new analysis suggests that Silicon Valley would be lost without foreign-born technology workers. (Dreamstime/TNS)

With the debate over immigration to the US as fiery as ever, a new analysis suggests that Silicon Valley would be lost without foreign-born technology workers. 

About 71% of tech employees in the Valley are foreign born, compared to around 50% in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region, according to a new report based on 2016 census data. 

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