Immigration 20/20: State of the Union Attendee Shows Top World Talent America Cannot Afford to Lose

U.S-educated, U.S.  Brazilian-born, Mike Krieger, who sat with the First Lady at the State of the Union address this week, is the type of top world talent that America shouldn't shut out.

As the President asserted in his address, “Let’s also remember that hundreds of thousands of talented, hardworking students in this country face another challenge: the fact that they aren’t yet American citizens. … [They came] to study business and science and engineering, but as soon as they get their degree, we send them home to invent new products and create new jobs somewhere else. That doesn’t make sense.”

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