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Old 01-25-2011, 11:55 PM
Drolefille Drolefille is offline
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Originally Posted by AGDee View Post

ETA: Promised myself I'd be in bed early but I'm dying to hear the tea party response.
If it was Michelle Bachmann's response it was pre-recorded so I wouldn't bother. Also it doesn't seem like much of a response that way. Unless they changed their mind about that.

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Originally Posted by Kappamd View Post
My fiance is FLIPPING OUT about the comment that we ship away foreign graduates. He is in one of the top 10 graduate programs in his area of study, and is one of the only American students. He says that EVERY SINGLE foreign student came here to study with ZERO intention of staying here to work. And I believe it; it's a pretty sweet deal.
Wonder if this is a bit of a chicken or the egg thing. If the only realistic way to stay here is often to marry a citizen or be in a VERY specialized field (or get hired by an employer willing to jump a lot of hoops) then most people probably don't plan on staying in the first place so the people who do come aren't those who would like to stay. Perhaps.

Anecdotal evidence time: my big's husband stayed in the country following his graduation and has continued to work on his green card. So it clearly does happen both ways, I'd be curious about the numbers.
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