MORE OF WORLD'S TALENTED OPT TO LEAVE UNITED STATES

September 21, 2009

More skilled immigrants are giving up their American dreams to pursue careers back home, raising concerns that the United States may lose its competitive edge in science, technology, and other fields, says USA Today.

Referencing several sources, the USA Today shed some light on how the economy may be driving emigration.

"What was a trickle has become a flood," says Duke University's Vivek Wadhwa, who studies reverse immigration:

In the next five years, 100,000 immigrants will go back to India and 100,000 to China, countries that have had rapid economic growth.

For the first time in American history, the United States is experiencing the brain drain that other countries experienced. the rest