Major government research lab appears to be squeezing out foreign scientists

"Noncitizens" lost after-hours access to a NIST lab last month.

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This is a way to reverse the worrisome talent drain in which the best, brightest and most ambitious scientists and engineers leave their home countries to work in the United States. Look up Qian Xuesen to see how this can work. He was a promising Chinese graduate student at Caltech and worked with von Karmann at JPL. During the red scare, he lost his security clearance and was deported to China where he headed Mao's program to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. He was America's gift to Mao and China's military and industrial capacity. He's still honored today in China for his work on systems engineering and developing Chinese technological infrastructure. By discouraging foreign scientists, the US is doing other countries a favor. For example, India will stop losing IIT graduates who, working in India, will advance India's science and industry. Other nations will benefit as well. Meanwhile, the US will stagnate since choosing one's scientific workforce based on racial and religious categories makes it less likely that good ideas will be developed.

Sucks for the US, but we voted for it.

Once visited the US as a consultant about two decades ago. Still fresh, boss took me under his wing and showed me how it was done. We visited a reputable company in silicon valley. I was surprised when I entered the room. People from India, China, UK, ... The only "real" American was the boss of the lab. One wonders who really made America great. clearly the land of opportunity though.