Monday, December 19, 2011

Report: Highly-skilled immigrants drive job creation for U.S. citizens

Even though everyone agrees that more highly skilled immigrants are needed and that they start businesses, nothing is being done. - - Donna Poisl

By Emi Kolawole

If you’re searching for bipartisan agreement, Washington is the last place to look, particularly on the subject of immigration. But you wouldn’t know it listening to freshman lawmaker Tim Griffin (R-Ark.).

Griffin attended a gathering at the conservative American Enterprise Institute to discuss the emerging trend of reverse brain drain, the scenario where highly skilled immigrants, educated in U.S. colleges and universities, are unable to acquire a permanent resident or worker visa to remain in the United States. In some cases, skilled immigrants, educated in their home countries, are choosing to stay where they are rather than navigate the cumbersome visa application process.
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