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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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I bet you GP has slid as well, but public schools across the country are what I’m referring to, not the exceptions.
US Public schools were never the prime feeder schools for STEM students. Most were not public school grads.
Maybe where you live somehow, but not for the rest of the country.
And just like that, there were no Ukraine posts any more.
Solidarity, brothers! Don’t be sniping at each other.
Play the long game, eyes on the prize. Your brothers may mouth off but don’t forget they are your brothers.
I used to design real time embedded software to control things, like aircraft, cars, or bombs.
Coders don’t do that.
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