[A. Pole]

If we are going to up the ceilings for H-1B visas then we must introduce effective incentives for US students to go into math & science( & engineering) & for US companies to hire them. I don't know if treating such as science,math & engineering talent as a form of 'intellectual products' and putting a customs duty on it is the solution.

Charging American students the same price for education as students in China or India have to pay would be a good start. (scholarships and college debt forgiveness?)

[Reily]

I agree when I was in grad school I was shocked to find pout what a 'money maker' foreigners were for the school. Another thing to do is to stop US universities from treating foreign students as a form of 'indentured servants' by rigorously enforcing visas. Let me explain ,Professors will often drag out the graduate of a 'producing' to milk research & papers out of him or her. Foreign students are caught between their visa requirements, desire to graduate & desired to stay here. However because visa enforcement is so lax professors can exploit that and drag out the foreign students stay. The foreign student is caught by a set of 'golden handcuffs' he likes it here but would like to graduate. So the graduate 'plum' is dangling out to get the students cooperation in dragging out his research and hence the students graduation. If student visa stays were rigorously enforced that incentive would dry up.
Also remember at state universities the state taxpayer foots the majority of the American students bill. All breaks, incentives, etc. SHOULD GO TO THE AMERICAN STUDENT not to the foreign student.