In 2014, I interned at a small startup in SF, and one of the other interns was someone in the US on a student visa partway through a postgrad degree. He was sup

In 2014, I interned at a small startup in SF, and one of the other interns was someone in the US on a student visa partway through a postgrad degree. He was super smart, super friendly, and fully wanted to stay in the US after he graduated. Unfortunately he wasn't able to get an H1B to stay working in the US after graduating, and he was forced to move back home (and I think later ended up moving to Canada, although I can't remember if that ended up going through or not). It seemed kind of crazy to me that we'd let someone smart come here and receive a great education, but then not let them stay and actually work here and contribute to an American company, pay taxes, etc. If anything, it seems like it would make more sense to _require_ that someone work and live in the US after going to college here on a visa to get a return on the investment.