The immigration debate has long been preoccupied with illegal aliens. But what about foreign-born professionals seeking green cards who stand in line and play by the rules? [The purpose of this text is to inform the audience about the neglect of immigration policies toward skilled foreign nationals regardless of the importance of these people to the U.S. economy] A new report by Stuart Anderson of the National Foundation for American Policy says the U.S. is mishandling this important human resource. [The tone of this author is cautionary that gives awareness of the way immigration policies handle skilled foreigners could potentially lose the important human resource due to the way the immigration handles them.]
One of Mr. Anderson's findings is that the multiyear waits aren't due to bureaucratic delays so much as to the impractical low
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Between 1990 and 2007, an astounding 25% of publicly traded companies in the U.S. that were started with venture capital had an immigrant founder. Many foreigners come initially to study or do research at our superior colleges and universities. [This sentence is an opinion since the author fails to show a resource] But the barriers to remaining are forcing them out. [This is a true statement since foreign students in the U.S. are on the student Visa, therefore, once they are out of school, they have to find a job and change the visa statement to a work visa. If they fail to get a work visa, they are forced to leave the country.] A survey of 1,200 international students taken in March shows we can no longer take for granted that skilled immigrants will want to stay and work in America. Some 55% of Chinese, 53% of Europeans and 38% of Indian students worried about being able to obtain permanent residence in the U.S.[Claim: Those foreign students are worried about being able to obtain permanent residence. Reason: Only a small percentage of them can get it due to the immigration