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A third of US Nobel Prize winners in chemistry, medicine and physics are immigrants
CNN ^ | 10/23/2019 | By Catherine E. Shoichet

Posted on 10/23/2019 9:58:42 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

They live in different places, work at different universities and dedicate their careers to studying different topics. But there's one thing at least four of this year's US Nobel Prize laureates share.

They're immigrants.

That's in keeping with a long-running trend, according to a recent report from the National Foundation for American Policy. Immigrants have won 38% of the Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000, and 35% of the Nobel Prizes awarded to Americans in those fields since 1901, the foundation says.

This year, French-born Esther Duflo and Indian-born Abhijit Banerjee -- both professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were among three recipients of the Nobel Prize in economics. UK-born M. Stanley Whittingham, a professor at Binghamton University in New York, was one of three awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. And Canadian-born James Peebles, a professor at Princeton University, was one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in physics.

"These achievements by immigrants point to the gains to America of welcoming talent from across the globe," the foundation's report notes. "The findings do not mean America should welcome only Nobel Prize winners. Such a policy would be quite restrictive."

In light of growing US immigration restrictions, it's unclear whether the trend will continue, the foundation's executive director said in a Forbes column detailing his organization's findings.

"Immigrants will continue to win Nobel Prizes in scientific fields," Stuart Anderson wrote. "However, they may not win them in America."

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: immigration; nobelprize
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To: dhs12345
"Great. But are the illegal immigrants?"

100% agree with ya.

Fun fact: the U.S. has about 5% of the world's population but about 20% of the world's migrant population. In other words, we're doing way more than our fair share.

21 posted on 10/23/2019 2:30:42 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, what?

We want highly intelligent immigrants. People who are highly skilled in their field and have an international reputation can move anywhere on the planet they want. Yes, and the USA is almost always at the top of the list of places for such people to move to. (Homer Simpson moment here.)

The immigration problem in the USA, in the UK, France and now even in Germany is with immigrants that don’t have valuable skills, who don’t want to improve themselves and who refuse to integrate into their society.


22 posted on 10/23/2019 2:30:52 PM PDT by Robert357
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To: SeekAndFind
Lesson for CNN:

Immigrants:

Illegal Immigrant:

23 posted on 10/23/2019 2:33:41 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (Youth, speed and energy can always be overcome with experience and treachery.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Even legal immigrants with good skills tend to vote leftist at higher rates than the natives.

Selling our birthright isn’t worth it, we need a total immigration freeze until we finish assimilating those that are here and then much more restrictive immigration policies when the freeze is over.


24 posted on 10/23/2019 2:39:35 PM PDT by Farcesensitive
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To: SeekAndFind

Not surprising! After all they gave the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama for doing nothing.


25 posted on 10/23/2019 2:45:32 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: SeekAndFind
Kind of asinine CNN, unless you are talking about Native Americans(and fact is they were immigrants too!) I think you will find that every US Nobel prize winner was from a/or immigrant to America.

Amazing how these A$$hats continue to flail and fail in their attempt to conflate ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT to LEGAL IMMIGRANT!

26 posted on 10/23/2019 2:48:50 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: SeekAndFind

So what!


27 posted on 10/23/2019 2:53:45 PM PDT by V V Camp Enari 67-68 (Viet Vet)
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To: SeekAndFind

But they were not Central American Indians who are not only illiterate in Spanish but illiterate in their native Indian dialect language. That language likely not even capable of being written!


28 posted on 10/23/2019 2:59:36 PM PDT by Reily
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To: SeekAndFind

Educated where?? Nationality means little.


29 posted on 10/23/2019 3:02:11 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SeekAndFind
Immigrants. Not ILLEGAL "immigrants."

Too subtle a difference for the lying media to grasp.

30 posted on 10/23/2019 3:06:30 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t forget non-techie Nobel Prize winners. Immigrants from ?


31 posted on 10/23/2019 3:15:12 PM PDT by spintreebob (nv)
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To: SeekAndFind

obama was a immigrant and he ‘won’ the nobel peace prize......


32 posted on 10/23/2019 3:19:57 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....)
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To: Tell It Right
Exactly. And every time a new person is welcomed, there is a chance that it will be a burden on the American people. So we must consider the American people when we are allowing millions of new immigrants into our countries, states, and cities.

If a person wishes to emigrate to the US then, THEN DO IT LEGALLY, and learn the language and take the test and prove your loyalty to the United States, swear your loyalty and allegiance, and learn job skills to get a job and work, work work!!!

Remember too that when our ancestors came to the US, there were no freebies like welfare, govt assistance. They had to work hard and be self-sufficient. There were areas (enclaves) of like people who helped the new immigrant assimilate.

Important: Most if not all LEGAL IMMIGRANTS are very proud to be Americans. It is the ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT who broke our laws and cut in line of everyone else that I look to with suspicion.

33 posted on 10/23/2019 3:23:58 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: SeekAndFind

Brain drain.
Nothing new.
Americans make America great, and attract those with the smarts to come here.
Makes us smart.
Makes them smart.
Makes the counties/cultures they came from stupid.

Yea.


34 posted on 10/23/2019 3:36:58 PM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: SeekAndFind

How many are illegal immigrants? The illegal immigration is spurring a backlash that is working to reduce the number of legal immigrants.


35 posted on 10/23/2019 3:43:39 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: SeekAndFind

LEGAL immigrants you fascist scum pretending to be “Journalists”


36 posted on 10/23/2019 3:47:36 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (They would have to abandon leftism to achieve sanity. Freeper Olog-hai)
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To: SeekAndFind
Yep! The only logical conclusion is that Mexifornia and Minnesota will soon be able to brag about hundreds and hundreds of Nobel prize winners... (Aren't there Nobel prize categories for narcotics sales, decapitation, FGM, bomb-vest design, and forcible rape?)
37 posted on 10/23/2019 4:09:07 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nobel is an extreme left wing organization. I have seen them pass over white Americans in favor of non-Americans.


38 posted on 10/24/2019 8:54:43 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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