When high-skilled visa holders choose to work in the United States, they create more wealth that all Americans can benefit from. Why then is the Trump Administration moving ahead with a plan to stop granting work permits to families of high-end immigrant workers? There can only be one loser - the U.S. economy.
The strength of an economy, and the ability of its entrepreneurs to obtain needed capital, depends on the skills of its workforce. High-skill workers don't take jobs; they make it possible to create them. When a skilled worker leaves the United States, or chooses not to go there, the U.S economy doesn't save a job - it loses a job creator.
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