LEGAL? or ILLEGAL? The article does not say. Sure they came on a student visa...but, I’ve heard 1/2 of all illegals came on visas that have since expired....
A secure Southern and Northern border would have no affect on immigrants like these coming to the US because these immigrants are LEGAL. They followed the rules and would benefit from enforcing current laws.
That’s wonderful but these were LEGAL immigrants.
I think the underlying purpose of this article is to point out how good and hard working immigrants are and we (anti ILlegal immigration folks) should be ashamed of being so racist.
They just can’t see the difference between LEGAL and ILlegal.
I love immigrants, and heartily welcome them to the US!!!
Legal immigrants, that is...
They would do a lot better if they weren’t forced to fight their way upstream against a flood of illegals.
And you still don’t know how many of these highly educated people came from Mexico. Probably none. So what good do they do this country? How many lettuce pickers do we really need?
Mexico dumps 20 million and they still don't make the list.
Sure you did. You just didn't realize that we did too, and welcome people like these with open arms.
As long time metro K.C., be very, very wary of anything put out by "Kauffman Foundation."
Ewing Kauffman (original owner of K.C. Royals and founder of Marion Labs), was pretty conservative, his adopted daughter, Julia Irene, definitely IS NOT and those chosen to be on "her" foundation follow her directions.
Kauffman Foundation also back some over-the-edge liberal groups and the mere fact that they use the label "immigrants," is somewhat suspect.
“I didn’t know this........”
Honestly, that’s a tip-off that you haven’t been in graduate school
in the USA (in sciences/engineering) for a couple of decades.
The first language for the majority of grad students/postdocs
in many university research labs is Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese).
And yes, they are LEGAL residents of the USA.
A totally different breed of person from the ILLEGALS invading the USA.
Change the title to include “Illegal Aliens” and you’ll get a whole different set of numbers.
Welcome to FR!
No Mexicans, Africans, or South Americans in the list. Those are the countries from which we receive a majority of immigrants. The amnesty is mostly about Mexicans.
In other words the current and proposed immigration laws actual bring in relatively few of the kind of immigrants mentioned.
Who knew. Pea picker to engineer in one night class.
Would someone PULEEEEZE explain to me why our know-what-is-best-for-us leaders insist we flood the USA with barely literate day laborers, their wives and 6 to 10 kids, and at the same time make it difficult for well educated applicants from other countries, waiting in line and following the rules of the system, to get in? Oh, wait a minute, I just remembered. The day laborers will always vote for the “Free Lunch” Party. C’mon everybody....sing it with me...”Everythings free in America, coffee and tea in America......”