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posted by janrinok on Sunday March 11 2018, @03:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the Sexy-Einstein dept.

From The New York Times:

"Reports that the first lady, Melania Trump, received an immigrant visa reserved for "individuals with extraordinary ability" in 2001, when she was a model, have thrust the EB-1 visa program into the spotlight. The news, first reported by The Washington Post, raised questions about whether Mrs. Trump had truly qualified for the visa.

But several immigration lawyers rebuffed those questions, saying the requirements for the EB-1 immigrant visa leave far more room for interpretation than its nickname and its best-and-brightest reputation suggest."

"The notion that you somehow have to be a genius or Einstein is utter fiction, said Chris Wright, a lawyer based in Los Angeles. We have succeeded with models no more accomplished than Melania Trump."

"Elissa Taub, a lawyer in Memphis who secured the EB-1 for [a] German gymnast, said that some of her denials burn me to this day, like that of a nuclear astrophysicist who had produced groundbreaking work at a national lab. Immigration officials said his title on the job was not senior enough to merit the EB-1.

We lost a great scientific mind due to this crazy decision, she said of the scholar, who returned to India.

In another case, U.S.C.I.S. acknowledged that a Chinese researcher had fulfilled three criteria to qualify, but that scientists who have risen to the very top of the field have garnered citations numbered in the thousands, not in the hundreds, as he had shown. He was denied."

Nothing like the best and the brightest, right?


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @04:35AM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @04:35AM (#650771)

    It sounds like a good idea to have all the smart people of the world come to the U.S. and MAGA.

    However, that is only the outcome that is seen; what about the outcome that is unseen, or at least less obvious?

    Brain Drain.

    If those smart people leave their countries of origin to make America smart again, then they are in fact hastening the idiocracy of their home countries. The dumber those countries become, the worse a problem they'll be for their neighbors and ultimately the world: They'll be the source of epidemics and societal decay, and out of the collapse of their once functioning societies will rise not just tyrannical warlords, but terrorists whose messages appeal only to the thick skulled.

    Just look at the Muslim world; not only have their smartest fled to the West, but their religious approval of first-cousin marriages have led to a statistically significant decline in IQ levels to the point that they are beginning to reach the level at which criminality is almost guaranteed. Is it any wonder that they are now such a menace to the Civilized world?

    Smart people should stay in their countries of origin and help to make them great again.

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  • (Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:04AM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday March 11 2018, @06:04AM (#650784) Homepage

    " We lost a great scientific mind due to this crazy decision, she said of the scholar, who returned to India. "

    I would have been angry at reading this until the last word of the above sentence was mentioned. Plagiarized research, nepotism from others like the "scholar" who did manage to get a foothold here, incompetence, rudeness, arrogance...and coming from a fat American pig, that's a pretty big insult.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @05:55PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @05:55PM (#650986)

      Sometimes how you treat the world directly affects how the world treats you. If you see an asshole in the morning maybe its an addhole, if you see ten more before lunch maybe you are the asshole.

      With your extensive racism I think there is a safe conclusion here.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Kawumpa on Sunday March 11 2018, @09:28AM (3 children)

    by Kawumpa (1187) on Sunday March 11 2018, @09:28AM (#650863)

    Current evidence suggests that the US may actually need the rest of the world's best and brightest to reach the global average again... Those who aren't killed in school may not be able to afford higher education, letting the nation's education level slip from past heights.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Grishnakh on Sunday March 11 2018, @02:48PM (1 child)

    by Grishnakh (2831) on Sunday March 11 2018, @02:48PM (#650924)

    There isn't much smart people can do in those countries to make them great. These smart people are good at science usually, not at shooting people, and the only way countries that bad are going to be made great is through a violent coup. A bunch of scientists aren't going to help you much here: they're not good at fighting, they're generally not military experts, and they're also pretty infamous for not being very socially adept so they're not going to be effective at helping to build an organization to further their goals. The best thing for people like that to do is to find an environment that's most livable for them.

    • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @05:59PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 11 2018, @05:59PM (#650989)

      I think this is more a result of humanity's continuing evolution. As our culture develops people will hopefully begin to value knowledge over bullshit that triggers our instinctual responses.