[InterceptPoint]

I recruit extensively for Engineers, the overwhelming majority of respondents are foreigners here on student visas. We hire 2 or 3 of them a year, simply due to the lack of response from ‘home-grown’ local talent.

It’s a sad commentary of our country when the majority of graduating engineers aren’t US citizens.

I'm not surprised. Back in my engineering days I could see that this was a clear trend. The good news is that many if not most of these foreign students who come here to fill the empty spots in our engineering schools elect to stay, get a job and eventually become U.S. citizens. They're not stealing anybody's job and they are earning top dollar.

[Jedidah]

And paying taxes.

[muawiyah]

Yes, they do compete ~ they take 'empty places' in schools because the management failed to recruit properly.

Maybe you can't get all the top 1% folks you want, but you can get the top 1.1% and move out smartly.

What the schools are waiting for is the OUT OF STATE TUITION the foreign students will need to pay.

[kearnyirish2]

“The good news is that many if not most of these foreign students who come here to fill the empty spots in our engineering schools elect to stay, get a job and eventually become U.S. citizens. They’re not stealing anybody’s job and they are earning top dollar.”

They are stealing jobs by doing them for less; the lack of response from home-grown talent is because the wages have been suppressed while job demands ratcheted up.