There are more than 1,000,000 skilled immigrant workers - scientists, engineers, doctors and researchers competing for 120,000 permanent U.S. resident visas each year says the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.
What that means is that some skilled workers will be/are forced to return home after their visas expire thus creating a 'brain-drain' in the United States.
The contributions of foreign nationals have a
measurable impact on U.S. intellectual property.
Last year, one in six international applications for patents from the United States had an inventor or co-inventor with a Chinese-heritage name - UP - 11.2% from eight years ago.
The contribution of inventors with Indian-heritage names increased to 13.7% from a 9.5% base eight years ago.
It might be argued that every time a Chinese scientist or Indian engineer goes back to their home country, there are seven or eight others waiting to take his/her place.
That may be true...but many processes must be started over again.
Then again...fresh blood can mean new ideas.
I am not sure the 'reversed brain-drain' is something to worry about.
What do you think?
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