This concerns foreign students and high-tech workers

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http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/u-immigration-policies-sabotaging-u-economy-010256021.html

Fairly intersting article in regards to the correlation between our immigration policy and economy, with focus on graduating students and high tech workers.

By Walter Ewing PhD. Researcher at Immigration Policy Center (http://immigrationpolicy.org/)

Edited January 25, 2013 by SteveAndTiff

[JohnR! 5,495]

Good copy!

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IMHO however, it would be far more beneficial for the US economy. and that of the world in general. if we made it easier for our students to obtain these degrees and enter the workforce filling these jobs. I find it ludicrous that at this day and age, our economy should have to rely so much on talents acquired by foreigners in the US.

Most foreign students know full well they are supposed to return to their countries after graduating and the appeal for them to stay in the US is sabotaging the economies in their home countries, as much as their staying is sabotaging ours.

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IMHO however, it would be far more beneficial for the US economy. and that of the world in general. if we made it easier for our students to obtain these degrees and enter the workforce filling these jobs.

I was reading some of the reader comments from that article. One reader states that our kids are more concerned about playing basketball and video games...

Does our kids have different fundamentals than students from a different culture? As a whole, you bet. When I grew up, I came to appreciate the 1 TV in my house, 1 pair of sneakers. And when I worked in a potato chip factory in my teens, I figured that this is not for me. And I struggled to get an education.

Today when a child grows up in America, that fundamental is largely lost. That hunger that drives many immigrants to success (high tech or not). And America's demand for these fundamentals is so overwhelming...

[JohnR! 5,495]

IMHO however, it would be far more beneficial for the US economy. and that of the world in general. if we made it easier for our students to obtain these degrees and enter the workforce filling these jobs.

I was reading some of the reader comments from that article. One reader states that our kids are more concerned about playing basketball and video games...

Does our kids have different fundamentals than students from a different culture? As a whole, you bet. When I grew up, I came to appreciate the 1 TV in my house, 1 pair of sneakers. And when I worked in a potato chip factory in my teens, I figured that this is not for me. And I struggled to get an education.

Today when a child grows up in America, that fundamental is largely lost. That hunger that drives many immigrants to success (high tech or not). And America's demand for these fundamentals is so overwhelming...

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