People that are scared seek asylum I think? I think the smartest people in a country can be very formative of that country's future. Doesn't take a lot of peop

People that are scared seek asylum I think? I think the smartest people in a country can be very formative of that country's future. Doesn't take a lot of people to form whole industries. I don't have a source for you, but that's how I'm understood the policy. How else can you explain that there are green card lotteries for random people in other countries while PhD students are sent home after they get their diplomas? (and I'm talking engineering students, not Art History PhDs... people that will clearly "pay off") I understand your arguments, but they're individualistic and end up leaving the world a worse place. If there was some kind of global free movement of people the 3rd world would never develop. I mean in a sense even in the US you have a problem that a lot of places probably are loosing their top talent constantly - even if they have good schools and good local governance.. the ambitious ones probably don't stay in Alabama - they likely go to NYC or SF or Washington. The only equalizing force is that people want to stay close to family and close to their culture.