¶ … 1960s to date, the U.S. has had the highest inflows of international students. The number has been growing over the years. Whereas 65,000 student visas were issued in 1971 the number of visas reported to have been issued in 2000 were 315, 000 (Borjas, 2002). The number of international students in the country by 2003 was approximately to be 586, 323. This represents a massive growth from the student numbers in the 1950s and the 1960s (Open Doors, 2004a). The figure represents 4.6% of the entire U.S. student population. It is noteworthy that international students comprise more than 10% of the students and the proportion is even higher for the technical disciplines like computer science and engineering (Open Doors, 2004a). It is estimated that in the last decade, 49% of engineering doctorates and 35% of physical sciences were awarded to foreign students (Borjas, 2002; Baker and Finn, 2003;Hazen & Alberts, 2006).
Why is Immigration System Bad for Foreign Students
The terrorist attack that took place on September 11, 2001 had serious implications, most of them for worse or negatively for several sectors. Many changes have been effected since then to prevent the recurrence of a similar event. Several statutes were amended or enacted by the Congress to address matters related to terrorism and many of these promulgations were in concern with institutions of higher learning. There are, in addition, pending proposals that have yet to be passed into law. Regulations...
The amendments have affected even some of the most well established laws of the land (Olivias, 2012). While some of the regulations were discarded over the last decade, a significant number remain part of institutional practice. In spite these laws, the flow of international students continues unabated to the West -- the EU and the U.S. (Olivias, 2012).
What can be done to fix it?
As America struggles to find the best way to fix the "broken" immigration system, approximately eleven million immigrants that are not documented, live, work and bring up their families in the U.S. In the first 5 years of President Obama's term, he deported at least 2 million unauthorized immigrants. The majority were forced to exit after being bookedfor even minor offenses like traffic violations (Marshall & Gonchar, 2014). Is offering these immigrants a clearer path to being U.S. citizens a better alternative to having them deported? A number of people make the argument that resorting to such an option will be unfair, especially to other people who have followed due process, filed their citizenship applications, and are waiting for their turn. Some other people make the argument that the unskilled that have no family ties in the U.S. do not stand a chance of securing a GREEN CARD under the prevailing law (Marshall & Gonchar, 2014). President Obama, in June of 2012, made an announcement of…
