Reply #2: There is a dark cloud over that silver lining...

[Xipe Totec]

We've educated the best and the brightest from all over the world in our universities.

In a good economy, those best and brightest would choose to stay here, work under H1-B visas, and eventually apply for, and become, permanent residents and eventually US citizens.

Now, that door is closing.

Those best and brightest are not going to become dumb just because they are forced to return to their native countries.

They will start their own companies in their native countries and become our fiercest competitors in years to come.

By sheer force of numbers, China and India alone have more geniuses born every year, than the US has people born with above average intelligence.

Flame away, if you want; I don't mind.

But I think in the long run we are going to regret turning these people away.