I would want this to be true. It reminds me of hiring…ideally you look for folks who you think are smarter than you so you increase the quality of the team over time.
But I bet you are right that not everyone is thinking this way. Some would be threatened by it and others are probably trying to use immigration to lower labor costs to do existing work.
Nearly all those who say the US should only admit the most talented immigrants would not themselves clear the bar they're proposing. They're effectively saying "Immigration is ok so long as you keep out people like me."














