Science Student Winners Primarily Children of Recent Immigrants

The San Jose Mercury News recently reported that the National Foundation for American Policy documents that two-thirds of the finalists at May's Intel Science Fair and talent search are children of recent immigrants from China or India.  Only 12 of the 40 finalists had parents who were born in America (the winner was a home-schooled youth of American parents from Danville, CA).  "The benefit America derives from the children of immigrants in science and math is an additional advantage the country reaps from being open to talent from around the world," said author Stuart Anderson, director of the organization and a former head of policy at the Immigration and Naturalization Service.  http://www.mercurynews.com/health/ci_18124146?nclick_check=1