NYT covers these engineers and their immigration status last month: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/opinion/the-cruel-waste-of-americas-tech-talent.html http

NYT covers these engineers and their immigration status last month: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/opinion/the-cruel-waste-of-americas-tech-talent.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/opinion/the-cruel-waste-of... For Wired: > "What will you say," [Ira Mehlman] asks, "to an American kid who does not get into a state university and whose family cannot afford a private college because that seat and that subsidy have been given to someone who is in the country illegally?" I would say, "We need to restore state college funding to the level it was when Ira Mehlman went to college; to make practical advanced education accessible to all, because it's the best investment we can make in our nation"