Should foreign students be welcomed to work in U.S.?

At the White House jobs summit on Friday, President Barack Obama warned against closing the door on foreign students, calling them one of the country's "greatest competitive advantages." There are both people who support and against this idea.

Obama did address the need to admit foreign students to a summit participant. He thinks that it is a good idea to allow more foreign students to work in the country. He believes that the country gets many talents to study here and it would be good if those talent students continue to start doing their business here also since it might lead to many creations of Intel or unexpected businesses.

There is a dramatic decrease in number of unemployment in the United States. Moreover, the demand for H-1B visa has been growing again recently. This may be a indicator of an increase in interest of offshore outsourcing by U.S. companies.

The H1B Visa (Professional in a Specialty Occupation) allows a U.S. employer to fill a position requiring the minimum of a baccalaureate in the particular field with a qualified worker from abroad. The foreign worker must possess that U.S. degree or an acceptable foreign alternative. In some cases, a combination of studies and relevant experience may substitute for the degree if it is determined by a certificate expert to qualify the foreign professional.

I think that many foreign students who come to study here will look for an opportunity to work also. I am the one among those people since I think it is a good opportunity to work in many different environments. So working here, I would gain many experiences that would be totally different from any experience I could find in my own country.

It is right that offshore outsourcing would affect an employment of local people and there might lead to some conflicts. However, every business has to meet their profit maximization, and then cutting cost by offshore outsourcing will be a good solution. Many businesses start offshore outsourcing both their production and service providing nowadays in order to gain any competitive advantage.

From my point of view, I would support Obama’s opinion to welcome those foreign students to work in the country. This is not only allows many businesses to cut their cost by offshore outsourcing to those foreign students but also make an employment in the country more competitive. The increase in competition in finding a job will make all people keep improving themselves and this will lead to a development of entire society.