"The US just doesn't want high-skilled immigrants anymore."
This sucks, and it breaks a lot of Americans hearts. My grandparents were the first natural-born Americans of our family and we were raised to understand what that meant. It's of little consequence right now & on any personal level, but America is not a ubiquitous place and the pendulum swings forever.
It was the thing that, for most of my life, was touted as a singularly powerful foundation of American success and freedom: that anyone could come and build a life.
A more sober look at the reality suggests this myth was... less than true. Nonetheless, I always thought of it as an important ideal.
This sucks, and it breaks a lot of Americans hearts. My grandparents were the first natural-born Americans of our family and we were raised to understand what that meant. It's of little consequence right now & on any personal level, but America is not a ubiquitous place and the pendulum swings forever.