Why Indian Students Should Think Twice Before Migrating to the U.S. for Studies

April 17th, 2018

By Andreas Toupadakis, Ph.D.

Contributing writer for Wake Up World

A 2017 article in The Times of India, titled Migrating to United States Likely to Get Easier for Educated Indians, reported that, “under the new legislation proposed by two Republican Senators and backed by President Trump, the educated elite will have first dibs on permanent residency — also called Green Cards — coveted by many prospective immigrants that usually and eventually results in citizenship.”

As the article notes, this means India will continue to be “leached of even more of its best and brightest.” It also means that, if Trump’s plan to attract more Indian students, increasing numbers of Indian youths will not only face the cultural challenges of immigration, adapting not only to the university system and a potentially unwelcoming political climate, they will also be subject to the same mental health epidemic facing American students today.

Indian Students in America

According to migrationpolicy.org, there were “2.4 million Indian immigrant residents in the United States as of 2015. This makes the foreign born from India the second-largest immigrant group after Mexicans.” India continues to be the #1 country of birth for foreign-born scientists and engineers in U.S., with 950,000 Indian-born scientists and engineers working in the United States, according to a 2016 report.

This is creating a massive problem for India, as the “brain drain” of talented young people from India to the U.S. continues. “A fraction of the scientists and engineers are returning. … Less than 50,000 have come back. This is just 5% of 950,000 immigrants in the U.S.”, says RA Mashelkar, former director general, CSIR India.

While this trend is bad news for India, which continues to lose its best and brightest to the U.S., there are no doubt many benefits to young individuals who immigrate to the U.S. for advanced studies and successfully achieve high paying U.S. jobs. But nothing comes without a cost.

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