Tougher US immigration leading to 'reverse brain-drain': study

Burninginla · #1 (**permalink**) 08-22-2007, 04:42 PM

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The huge backlog in US immigration visas is leading to a "reverse brain-drain" that will force skilled workers to return to their home country, a report released Wednesday concludes.

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The study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found that more than one million potential immigrants, including scientists, engineers, doctors and researchers, are competing for 120,000 permanent US resident visas each year.

Now these are the kind of people we need to encourage and supply with legal long term status in this country. It is time we started thinking like John Fitzgerald Kennedy. To Paraphrase him"Ask not what we can do for the immigrants, ask what they can do for our country". Thats what he asked us as Americans to do, To ask ourselves what we can do for our country. We should expect no less from those wishing to share this country with us.

Realist1 · #2 (**permalink**) 08-22-2007, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Burninginla

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The huge backlog in US immigration visas is leading to a "reverse brain-drain" that will force skilled workers to return to their home country, a report released Wednesday concludes.

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The study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found that more than one million potential immigrants, including scientists, engineers, doctors and researchers, are competing for 120,000 permanent US resident visas each year.

Now these are the kind of people we need to encourage and supply with legal long term status in this country. It is time we started thinking like John Fitzgerald Kennedy. To Paraphrase him"Ask not what we can do for the immigrants, ask what they can do for our country". Thats what he asked us as Americans to do, To ask ourselves what we can do for our country. We should expect no less from those wishing to share this country with us.

That's fine with me. However,,,we don't need gang-bangers like M-13 and drug dealers sneaking across the Rio Grande... No More!

rob · #3 (**permalink**) 08-22-2007, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Burninginla

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The huge backlog in US immigration visas is leading to a "reverse brain-drain" that will force skilled workers to return to their home country, a report released Wednesday concludes.

ADVERTISEMENT

The study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation found that more than one million potential immigrants, including scientists, engineers, doctors and researchers, are competing for 120,000 permanent US resident visas each year.

Now these are the kind of people we need to encourage and supply with legal long term status in this country. It is time we started thinking like John Fitzgerald Kennedy. To Paraphrase him"Ask not what we can do for the immigrants, ask what they can do for our country". Thats what he asked us as Americans to do, To ask ourselves what we can do for our country. We should expect no less from those wishing to share this country with us.

I can appreciate what you are saying here and yes something should be done for the people that are here legaly and wanting to become citizens. I for one, was unaware of the back log but not surprised, it is a goverment agency.