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July 26, 2013 10:00 pm -07

Silicon Valley Fights for Immigrant Talent

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The Silicon Valley startup Morpheus Medical hopes to save lives by commercializing software for diagnosing heart failure from MRI scans. But because of trouble securing a visa, its dreams were nearly crushed last December.

"It would've been hard to continue the company if I had to go back to France," says Chief Innovation Officer Fabien Beckers, who had just helped three cofounders he met while at Stanford University land a $2 million investment. The new investors had put a condition on the term sheet: Before the funds came through, Beckers had to get a visa.

Beckers caught a break by winning a special three-year "genius" visa. But not everyone would be as lucky, so Beckers last year began talking about his story to the press and appearing in ads as part of an all-out lobbying campaign by the U.S. technology sector for looser immigration rules. Read more...

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