@Apple, @eBay Exist Thanks To Open Immigration

Published on Oct 19, 2013:
"There's a popular saying about three apples that have changed the world: Adam's apple, Isaac Newton's apple and Steve Jobs "Apple". As successful as the founder of Apple was, Jobs passed away Thursday without ever having met his real father, despite their living in the same country.

After Jobs passed away, Al-Arabiya.net tried to contact his biological father, Abdul Fattah Jandali. The 80-year-old Syrian immigrant has been living in the United States for a long time now and is the Vice Chairman of the Boomtown Casino and Hotel in Reno, Nevada."

Like Apple, another powerhouse, Ebay, was founded by an immigrant. Pierre Omidyar was born in Paris to Iranian immigrants and later moved to the United States as a child. In 1995 he started what would become a widely used auction site. Would anti-immigration policies espoused by today's Republicans have prevented such progress from occurring?  The Young Turks hosts Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian break it down.  Read more at "The life and times of Steve Jobs’ Syrian father."

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