EP 76 - How To Fix Legal Immigration In America

Debarghya 'Deedy' Das is an investor and he joins Aarthi and Sriram to break down the hurdles of immigration in America for skilled workers. Show notes: (0:00) Intro (8:08) Immigration routes to the United States (12:52) Cap for Chinese and Indian immigrants (15:30) Aarthi and Sriram’s green card story (17:48) Why should US citizens care about skilled immigration? (22:31) Challenges legal immigrants face (30:16) Aarthi and Sriram’s US citizenship ceremony (32:52) Solving the issue of skilled immigration (40:06) Per-country cap controversy (41:47) Immigrating to Canada or the UK instead of the US (48:43) The politics of immigration (51:52) Overlooked advantages of working for a US-based company (57:07) Options for immigrant founders and non-founders (1:06:48) Changing immigration policies — Other episodes you might enjoy: EP 74 - How To Fix Google's WOKE AI Disaster EP 63 - Lessons From Networking In Silicon Valley EP 59 - Why We Moved to London, The Elon Musk Book, Should You Get An MBA