DADvocate

According to a study by the Kauffman Foundation, the U.S. is in danger of losing valuable legal immigrants and thus creating a "reverse brain drain."

More than one million skilled immigrant workers, including scientists, engineers, doctors and researchers and their families, are competing for 120,000 permanent U.S. resident visas each year, creating a sizeable imbalance likely to fuel a “reverse brain-drain” with skilled workers returning to their home country, according to a new report released today by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

I'm not sure we need to take in a million immigrants a year but it is food for thought. Considering that the U.S. is well above some estimates of sustainability, we should proceed with caution. But certainly "skilled immigrant workers, including scientists, engineers, doctors and researchers and their families" should be given priority in the path towards citizenship.

Hat tip to Greg Siskind's Blog.