H-1B visa holders are a small, necessary source of talent that fuels our economy and results in the creation of more jobs for Americans. Indeed, the need for additional scientists and engineers from around the world is a direct result of America's economic success. Not very long ago, high-tech was a term unknown to most of us. Today, enclaves across the nation as well as in Silicon Valley command our attention as centers of innovation and growth. Coupled with new discoveries in science and technology is our growing economic globalism.
Borders are no longer economic barriers to business.
American industry is forging new paths and relationships in this new economy to find new markets for American-made goods and services. We must, however, continue to create and innovate. In a knowledge-based economy, we strive to learn what we do not know, to create what we have not invented, to see a future that has not yet occurred. The human capital required is not strong backs, but sharp minds. And with our new economy built on knowledge and dependent on our ability to secure knowledge, we are winning.