So, in 1999, whilst working as an expat in the beautiful, but depressingly rainy German town named Düsseldorf, I was contacted by a Swiss headhunter regarding a System Administrator's job at a huge Swiss company.

The problem then, was the need for computer-related specialists had exploded due to the then Dotcom Boom. I hold a Master in Business Informatics which I had to produce. The Swiss administration had to verify there was no unemployed Swiss specialist who would then had the priority to the position I was offered.

I always had a really neat opinion about Switzerland. Being born in neighboring France, where just wearing a French flag is seen as being extreme right, I will always love how Swiss people are proud of their own flag. Of course, I did not always feel welcome wherever I went, that's the price of being a come-from-away with a family name sounding like refugees from the recent Yugoslavian war. But I followed the rule and always found my pleasure whenever I could, and eventually gladly shared it with locals.

In 2016, after 5 years of application, I obtained my most prized "diploma": the Red Pass. I once heard some younger colleague telling me how I really was not a Swiss. I just answered him I am just Swiss enough to willingly take a gun and shoot at French soldiers, should they decide to invade my home. Even the wokest youngsters cannot argue with this.

In 2024, it looks like the Swiss educational system adapted its cursus and there now are enough locals being able to occupy the positions such as mine. Having these young students learning beside us is really nice and gratifying.

So, now, when I hear about how Musk's stance about immigration is opposed to America first, I just pray it's a contingency measure and the American system is willing to improve itself until the need for foreign help is down. I also want people to understand that sometimes, people immigrate because they LOVE WHO you are and HOW GREAT your country is.

Let us not be too hasty with the strategy currently being discussed.