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‘H-1B fee not a make-or-break cost — real worry is losing Indian students,’ Republican Billionaire Ken Griffin warns US
Financial Express ^ | 10/7/2025 | Aditi

Posted on 10/10/2025 1:21:21 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin has warned that some of the brightest students from countries like India might never make it to the US and that this could hurt the country’s future. In a recent interview with Bloomberg, the Citadel CEO said the real loss isn’t the $100,000 cost of an H-1B visa, but it’s when a talented student in India or a math and physics prodigy in China chooses to stay home instead of coming to the US.

“Fortunately, we’re in a sector of the economy where a $100,000 one-time cost to hire a person is not going to be make it or break it,” Griffin said. “I worry far more about the brilliant student in India who doesn’t come to America, or the gifted student in mathematics and physics that chooses to stay in China.”

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Back in May, the Republican mega-donor Griffin said the US should hand out visas to foreign students graduating from American universities. “The key is that they need to stay here,” Griffin told an audience at the Milken Institute Global Conference. “It should literally be if you graduate from one of America’s great universities or graduate schools, you just get a visa stamp to your degree. Welcome to America. Stay here and build your career.”

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The Citadel founder also pointed out that many lawmakers privately support retaining more international students after training, but the US fails to implement policies to make it happen.

“That one befuddles me,” Griffin said. “If I meet with members of the House or Senate, they almost always agree with that statement. I do not understand our unwillingness to embrace a path to citizenship for those who come here for their education.”

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To: 9YearLurker

Oh BS. We have just as many bright students as we’ve always have. They go to private schools, prep schools and magnate schools. It just now they may be incentivized to major in STEM again. Get it Mr Negative?


41 posted on 10/10/2025 6:44:50 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: rellic

How do you know that?


42 posted on 10/10/2025 6:47:42 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: equaviator

Like I said importing labor should be done sparingly if at all. We needed a few Rocket Krauts to speed up the process but we’d have gotten there soon enough anyway.


43 posted on 10/10/2025 6:51:01 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: rellic

I am in the same boat but AI fad says ANYONE can develop. You give AI the requirements and out comes the code 2 hours later.


44 posted on 10/10/2025 6:53:45 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: 9YearLurker

What is the average IQ of India?

The average IQ of India is approximately 76.2, ranking it 143rd in the world. This score reflects various factors, including access to education and socio-economic conditions.


45 posted on 10/10/2025 6:57:27 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

Our public schools are a disaster and our private schools have gone downhill. The country’s demographics, especially of its youth, have also changed dramatically.

I’d stop all immigration for 20 years—and expel all illegals here currently, pronto. But our educational collapse is real.


46 posted on 10/10/2025 7:09:39 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: central_va

Right. But their top IIT grads are arguably the best in the world. It’s a big country.


47 posted on 10/10/2025 7:11:44 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: central_va

Plus, your data is seriously dated.

https://international-iq-test.com/en/test/IQ_by_country

The US is down to a 2-digit average, and China, Taiwan, Japan, etc., are around 107.


48 posted on 10/10/2025 7:13:51 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

I guess you hadn’t noticed the USA is tops in STEM post secondary education? Your anti American worker/student attitude is silly sophistry.


49 posted on 10/10/2025 7:15:28 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: 9YearLurker

You should move to Asia. Seriously go AMF


50 posted on 10/10/2025 7:17:15 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: central_va

It’s full of international students, unfortunately.


51 posted on 10/10/2025 7:40:01 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: central_va

It’s based on simple facts. My guess is you haven’t had broad exposure to American students recently.


52 posted on 10/10/2025 7:41:12 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

Student where? Students at Georgetown Prep or Anacostia High School?


53 posted on 10/10/2025 7:47:25 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: trebb
I said Asian-American citizens. From America. They are getting locked out of Ivy Leavue colleges because they’ve filled their quota. It certainly affects job prospects for those American citizens who also happen to be of the Asian race.

I am 100 percent behind Trump’s H1B plan. My only problem is I think he should bump it up to $200,000. If they’re worth it, then they’re worth it.

54 posted on 10/10/2025 8:27:41 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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To: central_va

“Soon enough” might’ve been as late as December 31, 1970 if you count 1971 as the beginning of the ‘70s.


55 posted on 10/10/2025 8:35:39 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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To: marcusmaximus

If these H1B geniuses are so valuable, paying the $100k fee would be a no brainer. The fact he’s complaining is a red flag.


56 posted on 10/10/2025 8:36:47 AM PDT by Henry Hnyellar
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To: equaviator

Might, might not


57 posted on 10/10/2025 8:44:47 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: marcusmaximus

The laminations of a greedy globalist billionaire are sweet indeed.


58 posted on 10/10/2025 8:49:35 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: marcusmaximus

I hate auto correct I ment lamentations not laminations!


59 posted on 10/10/2025 8:51:50 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: oldbill
"Remember Apollo 13? Didn’t see many of them genius Indian H-1Bers there, did you?"

That does not compute.
60 posted on 10/10/2025 8:53:07 AM PDT by equaviator (Nobody's perfect. That's why they put pencils on erasers!)
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