Griffin: Foreign Students Should Get US Visa With Degree

Bloomberg

08-05-2025

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00:00 Think about how much of our country's human capital. Represents those who came here for a better life. And to be clear, when you walk away from your community, whether it's India or whether it's Eastern Europe, you give up everything to come here. It's a huge statement about the grit and determination that you have to turn out of a better life for you and your family. Well, I think. If you measure the movement of people. To this country. 55 million people now in the United States have come here. And in many cases, it's been the brightest. The great entrepreneurs of Nigeria or other countries that have come here. And so when I talk about reputation of investment, one is the investment in people moving here. You know, the majority of the students in graduate schools and the science in every area can, as you and I discuss this chart, shows it right here. There is not one, not one graduate degree in the sciences where the majority of people today were born in the United States. So part of that investment is not just money. It's the investment in people that are willing to come and stay here. Well, actually, but the key is they need to stay here. Right. That's the key. And we're not doing enough to make access to sustain in America either easy or preferred for so many of these students. You know, it should literally be if you graduate from one of America's great universities, great graduate schools, you just get a visa stamped here to your degree and frankly, a welcome to America. Like, here's the swag, welcome to America. Stay here and build your career.