Boise Weekly
May 24, 2012
A new report indicates that the United States needs to compete for immigrants or suffer the economic consequences. The study, done by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Partnership for a New American Economy, said that America’s immigration system has caused “self-inflicted economic wounds,” allowing other countries to outpace the United Sates by recruiting American-educated expatriates back to their native countries.
As an example, China reportedly offers bonuses of about $158,000 to experienced university professors and researchers, particularly in the sciences and technology, who return to the country. Canada and other countries with more flexible immigration polices are also actively recruiting highly skilled foreigners trained in the United States who are frustrated with this country’s difficult immigration system, according to the report.
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