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This same thing happened in Germany about 15 years ago.

[Berlin_Freeper]

German technology-industry leaders said they were losing out globally because they couldn't fill 75,000 to 200,000 tech jobs with home-grown specialists.

The German version doesn't allow permanent residency or the opportunity to naturalize. These select immigrants can stay in Germany for a maximum of five years. A cap was set at a modest 20,000 non-EU technology specialists.