He's right, we can put up artificial barriers but I'd rather have these smart guys working for me than for the Russians, Japanese or the Chinese even.
As for Marcus137, he forgets that America is a land of immigrants. European business operations are very clannish. When Europeans moved to the US, they couldn't rely on a clan and had to learn to trust strangers and that's why the rule of law in the US is so important. India is even more clannish but likewise, when Indians move to the US, they have to reach out to strangers as well as rely on a network of friends and associates. In fact, new immigrants from India in America are much more likely to interact with native born Americans than the other Asian immigrants I've encountered.
Innovation is as much a state of mind as it is a process. US students are very short sighted if they do not do the hard work upfront. Take the Calculus and electromagnetic fields classes.
You may never use Calculus in your daily work, but trust me, you'll apply it everyday.
EECS, Marquette University, 1987
MBA, Pace University, 1992