To the editor: It’s alarming that we could not have entry to the neatest and hardest-working folks on the planet, individuals who come right here to do analysis at universities by way of a J-1 visa and people employed by tech companies with an H-1B work visa (“White House targets Stanford, Caltech and tech giants in visa crackdown,” Oct. 8). These persons are motivated and traditionally have offered the U.S. a terrific aggressive edge.
The Trump administration is now limiting the variety of candidates capable of obtain these visas. The phrase is out the world over, as evidenced by the truth that the J-1 visa program for brand spanking new analysis students is down 27% from 2024.
That is one other race to the underside dropped at you by President Trump and firm. It’s additionally one other assault on immigrants and universities. Final yr, Trump blackmailed and sued universities for tens of millions of {dollars} and in addition withheld a whole lot of tens of millions for medical analysis, claiming the colleges have been antisemitic establishments. Some buckled and paid the bully moderately than search justice for this possible illegality via the courts, the place they in all probability would have received.
Expertise firms have relied upon the H-1B visa program to herald 1000’s of extremely expert international employees for many years. Many of those tech firms were founded by immigrant H-1B visa holders. They’ve contributed immensely to the wealth of America.
Due to this abusive administration implementing Trump’s insurance policies, we have now develop into dumber, much less free, much less secure and fewer wealthy. As soon as, we have been the envy of the world; feared, revered, imitated. No extra.
Beneath Donald J. Trump and his Undertaking 2025 MAGA insurance policies, we have now misplaced our approach.
Richard Z. Fond, Sherman Oaks
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To the editor: Within the years following World Conflict II, America capitalized on the remaining patriotic fervor and sponsored analysis that will put our nation effectively forward of the remainder of the world in growth of recent issues and new concepts.
America is the place the place the brightest younger minds can come from all around the world, go to our universities and take part in worthwhile analysis tasks which are sponsored by all types of U.S. authorities businesses. Every company has funds granted by Congress to result in analysis that may higher the standing of Americans, whether or not in well being or in new procedures, companies, insurance policies, supplies or companies in transportation or communication.
The advantage of government-funded analysis is that outcomes will be exploited by any citizen who has the expertise and the means. The outcomes of personal analysis are solely owned by the developer.
The current administration has reduce funds for analysis in the US and cracked down on pupil and work visas, so we will sit up for a backward slide of our data base and our management in world developments. These brightest minds that got here to America are going elsewhere to supply different nations with new areas of change. We’ll slip behind these nations that may now take our place as world chief in analysis and growth.
Roland F. Bryan, Santa Barbara
