fun fact: 79% of computer science grad students in the US are on F1 visas

(I dropped out of the CS PhD program at Minnesota, and periodically when I am drunk/masochistic think about going back :) )

I was often the only NON-immigrant in my classes. Also often the dumbest. Probably not a coincidence

Anyway, grad students do thankless, hard, low-paying work that is absolutely essential to US science and technology

And more often than not it doesn& #39;t even directly lead to a job, it& #39;s just a CHANCE to compete for a job in America

It& #39;s amazing that we& #39;d consider giving that up

While everyone is listening, a quiz!

Without looking, where do you think the US ranks in net migration rate, compared to other all other countries?

Net migration rate = (immigrants in - immigrants out) / population

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While the US has about 1.7m immigrants per year (a new Minneapolis every 3 months!), that& #39;s actually not exceptional by international standards

We& #39;re #34 in net migration rate

Most of Europe, Canada, Australia, Ireland have FAR higher immigration than the US