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No no they are not out.. just give them priority over literally any college in the world. By no means ideal, if it was up to me I would allow all forms of immigration (maybe in return of a small social safety net fee) just trying to brainstorm easy improvements to the current system.

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What do you hope to achieve by prioritizing graduates of below-average domestic schools over graduates of some of the best universities in the world? Pay your dues to the man? Someone who graduates from a decent school can be productive at any company in the world, but a Doldrum State graduate is just a health hazard.

As for fitting in, back when when Soviet Russia came apart we had quite a few Russians at my university. They were all academics in their mid-40s and managed extremely well.

Current System prioritizes people from India. From my personal experience (also see the article below[1]) people coming to the US for undergrad education usually end up in good universities.. Probably a small portion of them are going to below average private schools because their families are rich. They usually don't study STEM or they can't find jobs after graduation, you need a job first to apply for an H1B.

1. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/25-us-univ....

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