>From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sep 20, 2004 8:33 AM >Subject: Academics locked out by tight visa controls
><http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/9710963.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp> >Posted on Mon, Sep. 20, 2004 >Academics locked out by tight visa controls >U.S. SECURITY BLOCKS FREE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS >By Bruce Schneier ... I guess I've been surprised this issue hasn't seen a lot more discussion. It takes nothing more than to look at the names of the people doing PhDs and postdocs in any technical field to figure out that a lot of them are at least of Chinese, Indian, Arab, Iranian, Russian, etc., ancestry. And only a little more time to find out that a lot of them are not citizens, and have a lot of hassles with respect to living and working here. What do you suppose happens to the US lead in high-tech, when we *stop* drawing in some large fraction of the smartest, hardest-working thousandth of a percent of mankind? --John
