The US should grant more green cards to retain tech leaders; Turkish MIT and Caltech grad Erdal Arikan, whose work led to Huawei's 5G lead, had to leave the US
What is the single most significant step the United States can take to sustain the technological predominance it has enjoyed since World War II? Tweets: @dkaushik96 , @siddarthpaim , @dotben , @zacharyparadis , @hansmahncke , @teddyschleifer , @ylecun , @erikbryn , @troutgirl , @charlesmok , @davidtaggart , @robleclerc , @rafat , @ericschmidt , and @foreignpolicy Tweets: Divyansh Kaushik / @dkaushik96 : We blew our ability to lead in the development of and setting standards for the 5G technology... by not granting **ONE** Green Card. Imagine all the technology we're saying goodbye to by not retaining the foreign STEM talent trained at US universities. https://foreignpolicy.com/... https://twitter.com/... Siddarth Pai / @siddarthpaim : Immigration is the United States' secret sauce—including in its competition with China. https://foreignpolicy.com/... @dotben : Why do foreign students applying to US universities have to convince @StateDept they'll return home after graduating? Surely US should staple a green card to the certificate of any post-grad from a top US university? You *want* them to return to China? https://foreignpolicy.com/... Zachary Jean Paradis / @zacharyparadis : How the U.S. forgot immigration was a key advantage blows my mind... but then I remember 30% of the adult U.S. population believes the Sun revolves the Earth and I remember why (mind still blown of course). https://twitter.com/... Hans Mahncke / @hansmahncke : It's beyond comprehension how the United States ended up with a system where illegal immigration is welcomed, while legal immigration is extremely difficult and cumbersome. https://twitter.com/... Teddy Schleifer / @teddyschleifer : Former Google CEO (and big Biden donor) Eric Schmidt with some advice in “Joe Biden should launch an urgent drive to recruit and retain 1 million tech superstars from around the world by the end of his first term in office.” https://foreignpolicy.com/... Yann LeCun / @ylecun : I'd say not just the US but all the liberal democracies in the world. https://twitter.com/... Erik Brynjolfsson / @erikbryn : President Biden should announce a commitment to recruit 1 million of the world's most technically talented individuals to the US by January 2025 - @ericschmidt and Graham Allison https://foreignpolicy.com/... Joyce Park / @troutgirl : This was a platform of the Republican party for half my life. No idea how “make America technologically competitive” became untouchable by both parties. https://twitter.com/... Charles Mok / @charlesmok : US losing out on talents every minute to not only adversaries but allies. Who's listening? Besides deep anti-immigration bias, politicians can even drag down law designed to help US chiptech in favor of partisan politics. Soon US won't be top destination for tech talents anymore! https://twitter.com/... @davidtaggart : Your periodic reminder that neither party has done shit to fix immigration in ages. Just a fundraising/attention grabbing talking point. And putting aside the human cost, and it is not small, it costs the country actual money as well. https://twitter.com/... Rob Leclerc / @robleclerc : On a risk reward basis the US would just be better off giving green cards to people who graduate from CalTech and MIT. https://twitter.com/... @rafat : Incredible anecdote, this. https://twitter.com/... Eric Schmidt / @ericschmidt : You wonder why China is the leader in 5G? Immigration policy ! Read what we need to do to keep America winning and not losing; we desperately need to get the top technical talent from everywhere else into the US NOW https://foreignpolicy.com/... @foreignpolicy : To leverage the United States' greatest advantage over China, the Biden administration should recruit 1 million foreign scientists, programmers, and engineers, Graham Allison and Eric Schmidt write. https://foreignpolicy.com/...