JD Vance’s False Immigrant Choice

He says the U.S. doesn’t need foreign students. If only that were true

WSJ editorial. Excerpts:

"the vast majority of foreign students at Harvard don’t pose a national security threat. Just the opposite. Many assist with research that is a national asset."

"Of course the U.S. has talent and should invest in it. But welcoming foreign students doesn’t hinder Americans. The cold, hard numbers show that too few Americans are pursuing STEM fields to meet the future needs of business and government. Of all U.S. bachelor’s degrees, biology and engineering fields make up about 13%."

"More than 70% of full-time graduate students in computer science and engineering are international students."

"Chinese researchers are the top authors on key AI research papers in the U.S."

"the 1,600 German scientists who immigrated after the war were crucial to launching America’s first space satellite and the Apollo mission."

"It’s true that immigration fell mid-century owing to restrictions passed in the prewar era. But immigrants were still crucial to U.S. advances."

"Between 1945 and 1974, more than half of U.S. winners of the Nobel Prize in physics and 42% in medicine were immigrants"