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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: 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.

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  • (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.