See forapurpose’s excellent comment and my reply for the answers to most of your questions. No, I don’t want to “deprive” other countries of the education thei

See forapurpose’s excellent comment and my reply for the answers to most of your questions. No, I don’t want to “deprive” other countries of the education their people get here. I work in higher education. I believe in the transformative power of education for everybody. But the American immigration system leaves talent on the table when people who really do want to stay in America are not given the option of a US green card stapled to their US diploma.