{"id":417,"date":"2017-03-12T19:26:29","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T00:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=417"},"modified":"2017-03-12T19:26:29","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T00:26:29","slug":"83-of-top-high-school-science-students-are-children-of-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/417","title":{"rendered":"83% Of Top High School Science Students Are ChIldren Of Immigrants…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Immigration is important to the future of America. The following excerpt\u00a0 from Forbes<\/strong><\/a> makes it abundantly clear that the brightest and most accomplished \u00a0scientists of tomorrow are likely to be children of immigrant parents.<\/p>\n

What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America? Surprisingly, one of the most important things America would lose is the contributions made by their children.<\/p>\n

A new study<\/span><\/u><\/a> from the National Foundation for American Policy found a remarkable 83% (33 of 40) of the finalists of the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants. The competition organized each year by the Society for Science & the Public is the leading science competition for U.S. high school students. In 2017, the talent search competition was renamed the Regeneron Science Talent Search<\/span><\/u><\/a>, after its new sponsor Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,and a new group of 40 finalists \u2013 America’s next generation of scientists, engineers and mathematicians \u2013 are competing in Washington, D.C., from March 9 to 15, 2017.<\/p>\n

Both family-based and employment-based immigrants were parents of finalists in 2016. In fact, 75% \u2013 30 out of 40 \u2013 of the finalists had parents who worked in America on H-1B visas and later became green card holders and U.S. citizens. That compares to seven children who had both parents born in the United States.<\/p>\n

To put that in perspective, even though former H-1B visa holders represent less than 1% of the U.S. population, they were four times more likely to have a child as a finalist in the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search than were parents who were both born in the United States.<\/p>\n

Parents who were international students were more likely to have a child as a finalist than native-born parents. A total of 27 of the 40 children \u2013 68% \u2013 had a parent who came to America as an international student. That means if international students cannot remain in America after graduation (through Optional Practical Training and improved visa policies) it will also deprive America of the potentially substantial contributions of their children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Immigration is important to the future of America. The following excerpt\u00a0 from Forbes makes it abundantly clear that the brightest and most accomplished \u00a0scientists of tomorrow are likely to be children of immigrant parents. What would we lose if immigrants could no longer come to America? 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