According to an article on [1] mercurynews.com: “Opening the door to technical professionals is key to keeping the United States competitive with fast-rising economies such as China and India. In many areas of math, science and engineering, at least half of the post-graduate degrees at U.S. universities are earned by foreign nationals. It makes no sense for the United States to educate foreign scientists and engineers and then send them home to compete against American tech companies.”