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American Society: America and Software Developer

american society: Now, twice a week, she pulls a pair of oars as her scull glides along tree-lined Lake Wheeler, far from her birthplace of Bangalore, according to Metro News. Gopala is among throngs of educated Indians who have moved in recent years to North Carolina tech-laden Research Triangle and other areas across America. As a child in India, she had dreamed of the sport from watching Olympic telecasts. A 39-year-old software developer, she became a U.S. citizen three years ago."America had given me the opportunity to pursue my own life," she said.___EDITOR'S NOTE — This is part of Divided America, AP ongoing exploration of the economic, social and political divisions in American society.___Increasingly, the face of U.S. immigration resembles Gopala. And compared with Americans overall, immigrants today are disproportionately well-educated and entrepreneurial. For all of Donald Trump talk of building a border wall and deporting 11 million unauthorized immigrants who are mainly Hispanic — and for all of the enduring contention over illegal immigration — immigrants to the U.S. are now more likely to come from Asia than from Mexico or Latin America. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.