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This is just as true with Indian students. Most people don't know how hard, how expensive, and how long it takes for someone to become a naturalized citizen. Co
by throwaway5752 7y ago
This is just as true with Indian students. Most people don't know how hard, how expensive, and how long it takes for someone to become a naturalized citizen. Combined with hostile rhetoric towards immigrants - and staying away from politics as much as possible, this is a big factor and not always precisely targeted to "illegal" immigration, the US is just not as attractive for knowledge workers as it was 5-10 years ago.
- olcor 7y agoI moved back home to India a couple months ago. Apart from the occasional mosquito bite and some customer service issues, there’s little difference. No more nonsensical visa stuff to worry about; I live my current life and plan my future in peace.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoIt's not as attractive for the two countries with the largest number of applicants.
- hostilerhetoric 7y agoName a single time that Donald trump has said that he wants to prevent highly intelligent, highly educated people from other countries coming here. Name a single instance of it. I defy you to.
- dgemm 7y agoRegardless of what the guy says, the fact is there have been numerous quiet policy changes that target legal immigration.
- screye 7y agoWhy have the RFE rates at target companies sky rocketed ? Why has the EAD waiting time gone for <90days to ~120 days? Actions speak louder than words here.
- my_first_acct 7y agoWelcome to HN. A quick Google search on "Chinese grad student restrictions" yielded an article [1] from December 2018 with the headline "US Considers New Restrictions on Chinese Students". The source is the US government's own news outlet, Voice of America. [1] https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/trump-administration-considers-new-restrictions-on-chinese-students/4681880.html https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/trump-administration-c...
- hostilerhetoric 7y agoIf your user name is accurate then I should be welcoming you because I’ve been here a decade. Good job, you actually responded in a rational way. I hadn’t heard of this. Still, this is not what I asked for. This is not hateful rhetoric. Furthermore, it is not a statement by trump or his administration that highly skilled and educated people are not to immigrate here. It’s an expression of intent to stop Chinese people specifically from committing espionage. It has nothing to do with letting people immigrate here who actually intend on immigrating here and nothing else. The reason I’ve never heard of it is because Chinese espionage is a real problem and doesn’t fit well into the liberal dogma.
- ageofwant 7y agoFor a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is known by his own fruit
- CypherSnyper 7y agoYou say you have been on HN for 10 years when your account was created July 15...
- rhcom2 7y agoA friend's brother from India chose to study CS in Canada over the US due to the hostile political climate. He said, while he got into US schools and probably wouldn't have had any problem the idea that something could change a year or two down the line was a looming specter he'd rather just avoid.