As many as 60 per cent of the United States' top science students and 65 per cent of those who excelled in mathematics are children of immigrants, a new study has found. Foreign-born high school students make up 50 per cent of the 2004 US Math Olympiad top scorers, 38 per cent of the US Physics Team and 25 per cent of Intel Science Talent Search finalists, America's most prestigious awards for young scientists and mathematicians, the study said. -------------------------------------------------------- "These findings provide evidence that maintaining an open policy toward skilled professionals, international students, and legal immigration is vital to...