Remade in America: This is one segment in a series about the newest immigrants and their impact on American institutions

The question comes from one of dozens of engineers around a crowded conference table at Google. They have gathered to discus how to bujild easy-to-use maps that could turn hundreds of millions of mobile phones into digital Sherpas – guiding travelers to businesses, restaurants and landmarks

His plane gets in at 9:30,” the group’s manager responds. Google is based here in Silicon Valley. But Sanjay G. Mavinkurve, one of the key engineers on a map project, is not. His wife doesn’t have a visa, so he lives in Canada.

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