盖茨称限制移民不利美国经济

[美国毕业生起薪人均下降]Those who are graduating in the spring and land a job will see erage starting salary offers fall 1.7% from last year to $47,673, according to the National Assoc...+阅读

微软(Microsoft)董事长、世界首富比尔o盖茨(Bill Gates)昨日警告称，限制进入美国的熟练工人数量的规定，已使美国的竞争力面临风险。Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft and the worlds richest man, ge warning yesterday that restrictions on the number of skilled workers allowed to enter the US put the countrys petitiveness at risk.此番言论是科技行业对美国限制性移民政策的最新抨击。美国科技行业正面临熟练工人短缺的问题，而目前科技业对这些人技能的需求不断上升。

盖茨在美国参议院卫生、教育、劳工及退休金委员会(Senate mittee on Health, Education, Labour and Pensions)发表演讲时表示，美国移民政策的严格程度有所上升--部分原因是出于对恐怖主义的担忧，这恰好在我们最有需要时，把全球最优秀、最聪明的人赶走了。The ments marked the latest attack on restrictive US immigration policies by the technology industry, which is facing a shortage of skilled workers even as demand for their skills is increasing. Speaking before the Senate mittee on health, education, labour and pensions, Mr Gates said that tighter US immigration policies - governed partly by concerns over terrorism - were driving away the worlds best and brightest precisely when we need them most.这等于告诉训练有素、高度熟练的工人，美国不欢迎或者不重视他们，这毫无道理，何况他们中许多人还在我们的顶尖学院和大学中受教育，盖茨表示，如果美国将恰好最能帮助我们进行竞争的人关在门外，那么它将发现极难维持自己在科技方面的领导地位。

It makes no sense to tell well-trained, highly skilled individuals, many of whom are educated at our top colleges and universities, that the United States does not wele or value them, Mr Gates said. America will find it infinitely more difficult to maintain its technological leadership if it shuts out the very people who are most able to help us pete.盖茨表示，其它国家正利用美国的限制性移民政策，吸引高度熟练的工人，而这些人本可能选择在美国学习、定居和工作。

Mr Gates said that other countries were taking advantage of restrictive US policies by catering to highly skilled workers who would otherwise choose to study, live and work in the US.