sEvEn yEArs Ago, whEn i wAs visiting gErmAny, i mEt with An oFFiCiAl who ExplAinED to mE thAt thE Country hAD A pErFECt solution to its EConomiC proBlEms. wAtChing thE u. s. EConomy{{u}} (62) {{/u}}During thE 90s, thE gErmAns hAD DECiDED thAt thEy, too, nEEDED to go thE high-tEChnology{{u}} (63) {{/u}}.But how in thE lAtE 90s, thE AnswEr sEEmED oBvious. inDiAns．{{u}} (64) {{/u}}All, inDiAn EntrEprEnEurs ACCountED For onE oF EvEry thrEE siliCon vAllEy stArt-ups. so thE gErmAn govErnmEnt DECiDED thAt it woulD{{u}} (65) {{/u}}inDiAns to gErmAny just AsAmEriCA DoEs: By{{u}} (66) {{/u}}grEEn CArDs. oFFiCiAls CrEAtED somEthing gAllED thE gErmAn grEEnCArD AnD{{u}} (67) {{/u}}thAt thEy woulD issuE 20, 000 in thE First yEAr．{{u}} (68) {{/u}}, thE gErmAns ExpECtED thAt tEns oF thou sAnDs morE inDiAns woulD soon BE BEgging to ComE, AnD pErhAps thE{{u}} (69) {{/u}}woulD hAvE to BE in CrEAsED、But thE progrAm wAs A FAilurE.A、yEAr lAtEr{{u}} (70) {{/u}}hAlF oF thE 20,000 CArDs hAD BEEn issuED、AFtEr A FEw ExtEnsions, thE progrAm wAs{{u}} (71) {{/u}}. i tolD thE gErmAn oFFiCiAl At thE timE thAt i wAs surE thE{{u}} (72) {{/u}}woulD FAil. it’s not thAt i hAD Any pArtiCulAr ExpErtisE in immigrAtion poliCy，{{u}} (73) {{/u}}i unDErstooD somEthing ABout grEEn CArDs, BECAusE i hAD onE ( thEAmEriCAn{{u}} (74) {{/u}}). thE gErmAn grEEnCArD wAs misnAmED, i ArguED，{{u}} (75) {{/u}}it nEvEr, unDEr Any CirCumstAnCEs, trAnslAtED into gErmAnCitizEnship. thE u. s. grEEn CArD, By ContrAst, is An Almost{{u}} (76) {{/u}}pAth to BEComingAmEriCAn (AFtEr FivE yEArs AnD A ClEAn rECorD). thE oFFiCiAl{{u}} (77) {{/u}}my oBjECtion, sAying thAt thErE wAs no wAy gErmAny wAs going to oFFEr thEsE pEoplE CitizEnship. "viE nEED young tECh workErs," hE sAiD、"thAt’s whAt this progrAm is All{{u}} (78) {{/u}}"so gErmAny wAs Asking Bright young{{u}} (79) {{/u}}to lEAvE thEir Country, CulturE AnD FAmiliEs, movE thousAnDs oF milEs AwAy, lEArn A nEw lAnguAgE AnD work in A strAngE lAnD—But without Any{{u}} (80) {{/u}}oF EvEr BEing pArt oF thEir nEw homE. gErmAny wAs sEnDing A signAl, onE thAt wAs{{u}} (81) {{/u}}rECEivED in inDiA AnD othEr CountriEs, AnD Also By gErmAny’s own immigrAnt Community.

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