Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad

[Judi Lynn]

Many U.S. Immigrants’ Children Seek American Dream Abroad
By KIRK SEMPLE
Published: April 15, 2012

Samir N. Kapadia seemed to be on the rise in Washington, moving from an internship on Capitol Hill to jobs at a major foundation and a consulting firm. Yet his days, he felt, had become routine.

By contrast, friends and relatives in India, his native country, were telling him about their lives in that newly surging nation. One was creating an e-commerce business, another a public relations company, still others a magazine, a business incubator and a gossip and events Web site.

“I’d sit there on Facebook and on the phone and hear about them starting all these companies and doing all these dynamic things,” recalled Mr. Kapadia, 25, who was born in India but grew up in the United States. “And I started feeling that my 9-to-5 wasn’t good enough anymore.”

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In growing numbers, experts say, highly educated children of immigrants to the United States are uprooting themselves and moving to their ancestral countries. They are embracing homelands that their parents once spurned but that are now economic powers.

More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/us/more-us-children-of-immigrants-are-leaving-us.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. I can't say this upsets me. The H-1B visa does piss me off though nt

[MADem]

2. Brasil is happening, too!

And the weather is great especially in winter!

[msongs]

3. great, more jobs for people here nt

[JDPriestly]

4. This does not surprise me. And for many of these young people,

I think this is a good idea.

We could be in for a really rough ride here as conservatives gain more and more political power and become more and more provincial and narrow-minded. Provincial, narrow-minded countries can be downright dangerous for young, dynamic, creative people.