Scott Jensen <RecreationalPoker@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> That the vast majority want to become US citizen is great but hasn't
> been a requirement for them to get into our universities.
I think I must have misunderstood you the first time here, but I'm
having trouble conceiving something workable that might be what you
meant. You're thinking they'd have to sign something up front stating
their intent to do that when they're eligible, maybe pay the application
fees in advance, or something, and years later if/when they're eligible
they have to apply? It's just so easy to not become a US citizen if one
doesn't want to, though maybe failing that hurdle years later would then
be made grounds for not letting them back in the US on a tem****ary basis
either?
Though I wonder if permanent residency might be enough. For instance,
one of my US-based friends is very much settled here and has been here
for a long time - when I first knew him I didn't even realize he was an
immigrant. He is director of an engineering research lab, but last time
we talked he still hadn't got around to applying for naturalization. I
got the impression that he didn't not want to, but just that permanent
residency was enough.
With US citizen****p you have the issue that they can go back to their
home country knowing that they can still move back to the US anytime if
they choose to. With permanent residency, although it's hard to get, if
they move back to their home country for long enough, they stand a good
chance of losing it. So you might actually get better retention by
easing the path to permanent residency but not pu****ng them on to
naturalization - then they have more to lose by leaving.
Mark
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