Vivek Wadhwa

I wouldn't have wasted four months trying to set up a company in Silicon Valley having to deal with the venture capitalists over here.

I mean, forget it.

I mean, it would have been a no-brainer.

Absolutely, I owe the United States everything.

I wouldn't be where I am.

I wouldn't be able to do these innovations.

I wouldn't have had the opportunities if it wasn't for America.

This is my country.

I consider myself 100% American and my loyalty is to America.

This is why it pains me that I had to build my technology

in India.

Even though I love India also, I wanted to build my technology here.

And I could have raised the money I needed to build the technology here, but not dealing with all the nightmares and the stigma around H-1B visas and then the delays, the $100,000.

Because at the end of the day, even if I raise $20 million from Silicon Valley, I'm still a startup.

I can't afford $100,000 fees on every employee I hire.

Well, number one, free the people who are trapped in immigration limbo.

There are about 1 million people who are here legally.

I mean, they're working for American companies, paying taxes.

They can get a green card immediately, all right?

You'd have half a million people buying houses, okay?