MIT President L. Rafael Reif warned the MIT community in an email of "serious long-term costs" as a result of immigration policies and rhetoric.
Reif said national security risks are a top priority for him, but said excessive scrutiny of immigrants will hurt both the U.S. and MIT. As head of an institute that includes MIT Lincoln Laboratory, I could not take national security more seriously. I am well aware of the risks of academic espionage, and MIT has established prudent policies to protect against such breaches.
Protracted visa delays. Harsh rhetoric against most immigrants and a range of other groups, because of religion, race, ethnicity or national origin. Together, such actions and policies have turned the volume all the way up on the message that the US is closing the door – that we no longer seek to be a magnet for the world's most driven and creative individuals. I believe this message is not consistent with how America has succeeded. I am certain it is not how the Institute has succeeded.
just means expensive Universities will lose money and they will be forced to invest in educating Americans. I put any American up against a Chinese.
Heck ! The Donald is as Sinophobic as another racist, Soeharto.
MIT is not the yardstick by which we measure progress in the US
It's been okay to hate Asians for a long time. This is not a new thing. You guys in academia are still okay excluding all kinds of Asians (not just Chinese) because there are too many of those kinds of coloreds. I mean, how dare they try to get in above their quota level! 🙄
Correct.
Someone should ask him how many spies MIT has inadvertently trained, how much intellectual property has been lost because of the Chinese trained at American universities, foremost MIT and Cal Tech.
China does not like us or our business. As a black person this goes double. U think if I went to China there would non-toxic environment for me? NO. Despite the feeling not being mutual I love China. But don’t let your white guilt not the US out of first place
The end of SinoFaustianPact is nigh
Idiot. All these 'suspicions' vanish when the Chinese vote out the Chinese Communist Party. Until then, they are suspect.
AnnCoulter TuckerCarlson FoxNews MIT guy's generalizations don't make any sense. Just because he is at mit, doesn't mean he is wise. He may be knowledgeable and creative but NO wisdom.