![]() ![]() Then they have to get an H-1B, which is very, very hard. They can stay after they graduate, through something called an OPT, or optional practical training visa that lets them stay from 12 to 36 months, depending on their major. ![]() MARCUS: Well, about a million foreign students come to the United States every year, and we educate them at every level, including at the graduate level. ![]() So give me some more specific numbers about how many foreign students we're talking about at the undergraduate and graduate level. JON MARCUS: Thanks very much for having me.ĬHAKRABARTI: Okay. universities." And Jon joins us here in the studio today. And he's reported about this particular brain drain in an article headlined " With new ‘talent visas,’ other countries lure workers trained at U.S. Well, Jon Marcus is a higher education editor and reporter at the Hechinger Report. trained and educated folks to work in places like London, Toronto and Sydney. training and educating so many people in jobs we so desperately need and then just letting them leave? In the meantime, countries like Canada, the U.K. And remember, those numbers are far lower than the number of people who want to stay in the United States. end up staying.Īnd for those who get bachelor's degrees, that number is just 11%. But only about 23% of foreign students who obtain master's degrees in the U.S. When they graduate with highly specialized and coveted degrees, many of them want to live and work here. MEGHNA CHAKRABARTI: Every year, hundreds of thousands of students from all over the world come to the United States to study at American colleges and universities. Marc Pavlopoulos, CEO and founder of Syndesus, which helps foreign skilled workers with U.S. but had to move to Canada to work legally. Sudeep Datta, a data analyst who got his master’s in the U.S. Nicolas Rollason, partner and head of business immigration for the London-based law firm Kingsley Napley. Author of the article " With new ‘talent visas,’ other countries lure workers trained at U.S. Jon Marcus, higher education editor and reporter for the Hechinger Report. Toda y, On Point: Why America's immigration system is forcing out high-skilled workers the U.S. What's the problem with having them here without a job offer in the job market looking for a role here?" "They've come from really good universities. "The government has decided, well, look, these guys are you know, they're super brainy," Nicolas Rollason says. Other countries are doing it differently: immigration system often requires that international graduates convert from student to work visas, but they can't if they don't already have a job offer. We're watching these people leave," Jon Marcus says.Īnd they're going to countries that have immigration officers specifically tasked with recruiting the students the U.S. "They're benefiting from the failures of the U.S. So, these students are being poached by foreign countries. universities educate thousands of foreign-born students. Facebook Email A woman walks by buildings on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. ![]()
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