She was fired. Just this morning. Of course, Trump didn't call it that. He's replacing her with Senator Mullins of Oklahoma. The change takes place at the end of March.
Recent 2025 and 2026 data confirms that the scientific preeminence of the U.S.—and the Ivy League specifically—relies heavily on foreign-born talent:
Recent Trends: In 2025, half of the six American Nobel Prize winners in science were immigrants. In 2024, three immigrants to America won the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Overall Representation: Since 2000, immigrants have been awarded 40% of all Nobel Prizes won by Americans in Chemistry, Medicine, and Physics.
Historical Impact: Between 1901 and 2025, approximately 36% of all U.S. Nobel Prizes in science were won by immigrants.
The "Child of Immigrant" Factor: While specific percentage data for second-generation immigrants is less centralized, iconic figures like Jonas Salk (son of immigrants) developed the polio vaccine at U.S. research institutions.
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Institutional Affiliation
These laureates are almost exclusively concentrated in the same "liberal" research universities currently facing funding threats:
Employment: 80% of immigrant Nobel winners worked at universities at the time of their award.
Formation: Roughly 44% of immigrant Nobel laureates in academic disciplines attended U.S. institutions for their highest degree, often entering as international students before becoming faculty at schools like Harvard, MIT, or Princeton.
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Comparison: The Innovation Gap
The "hypocrisy" you mention is frequently cited by economists who argue that defunding these institutions or restricting the "talent pipeline" targets the very people responsible for American "genius":
Metric Immigrant Contribution (U.S.) Context
Science Nobels (since 2000) 40% Despite immigrants being only 15% of the population.
Fortune 500 Founders 44.8% Companies founded by immigrants or their children.
STEM PhD Workforce 52% Foreign-born workers in Nobel-related occupations.
Analysts point out that the 1924 Immigration Act, which restricted the flow of talent, caused a 68% drop in patenting by U.S. scientists in those fields. Modern critics warn that the current 38% cut to Ivy League NIH funding and new visa restrictions could trigger a similar decline in "American greatness".
Thank you Brandon Brown.!You are the very first who has spoken about my thoughts exactly. I barely just got through having a conversation with my husband about this, when I read your post! So once again, thank you for exposing further corruption in this feckless and profoundly immoral administration!
Does she get to keep the plane with the bed?
She was fired. Just this morning. Of course, Trump didn't call it that. He's replacing her with Senator Mullins of Oklahoma. The change takes place at the end of March.
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The "Immigrant Pipeline" of American Nobels
Recent 2025 and 2026 data confirms that the scientific preeminence of the U.S.—and the Ivy League specifically—relies heavily on foreign-born talent:
Recent Trends: In 2025, half of the six American Nobel Prize winners in science were immigrants. In 2024, three immigrants to America won the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Overall Representation: Since 2000, immigrants have been awarded 40% of all Nobel Prizes won by Americans in Chemistry, Medicine, and Physics.
Historical Impact: Between 1901 and 2025, approximately 36% of all U.S. Nobel Prizes in science were won by immigrants.
The "Child of Immigrant" Factor: While specific percentage data for second-generation immigrants is less centralized, iconic figures like Jonas Salk (son of immigrants) developed the polio vaccine at U.S. research institutions.
Forbes
Forbes
+6
Institutional Affiliation
These laureates are almost exclusively concentrated in the same "liberal" research universities currently facing funding threats:
Employment: 80% of immigrant Nobel winners worked at universities at the time of their award.
Formation: Roughly 44% of immigrant Nobel laureates in academic disciplines attended U.S. institutions for their highest degree, often entering as international students before becoming faculty at schools like Harvard, MIT, or Princeton.
Institute for Immigration Research
Institute for Immigration Research
+1
Comparison: The Innovation Gap
The "hypocrisy" you mention is frequently cited by economists who argue that defunding these institutions or restricting the "talent pipeline" targets the very people responsible for American "genius":
Metric Immigrant Contribution (U.S.) Context
Science Nobels (since 2000) 40% Despite immigrants being only 15% of the population.
Fortune 500 Founders 44.8% Companies founded by immigrants or their children.
STEM PhD Workforce 52% Foreign-born workers in Nobel-related occupations.
Analysts point out that the 1924 Immigration Act, which restricted the flow of talent, caused a 68% drop in patenting by U.S. scientists in those fields. Modern critics warn that the current 38% cut to Ivy League NIH funding and new visa restrictions could trigger a similar decline in "American greatness".
Thank you Brandon Brown.!You are the very first who has spoken about my thoughts exactly. I barely just got through having a conversation with my husband about this, when I read your post! So once again, thank you for exposing further corruption in this feckless and profoundly immoral administration!