by Patrick J. Buchanan – August 18, 1998

In the national argument over the rules and regulations that should govern the U.S. economy, there was always one agreed-upon principle: We must decide based on what is best for Americans.

Economic patriotism, however, is dying in America. If you do not believe it, consider the impending sellout of America’s high-tech workers — to appease the computer titans of Silicon Valley.

A decade ago, Silicon Valley demanded and got what is known as the H-1B program, granting U.S. residency to 65,000 high-skilled foreign workers every year to fill jobs in the industry. Two-thirds of a million “computer braceros,” mostly Chinese and South Asians, have snapped up these jobs that would otherwise have gone to U.S. citizens.