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Re:Do Immigrant Engineers Depress Engineer Wages? by unholyalliance on Saturday April 13, 2013 @03:55PM (#5544434)
Most of the Indians and Chinese that I went to school with were the sons and daughters of doctors, lawyers, and professors.
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Re:Do Immigrant Engineers Depress Engineer Wages? by yummyfajitas on Saturday April 13, 2013 @04:07PM (#5544485)
What makes you believe that Indian/Chinese doctors, lawyers and professors are not poor by US standards?

You might be a "rich" corporate lawyer living in Bandra, but that doesn't mean you can afford a car, or more than 1 room/person for your family (most poor Americans have these things).

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Re:Do Immigrant Engineers Depress Engineer Wages? by unholyalliance on Saturday April 13, 2013 @04:17PM (#5544522)
Well, what about having several house servants? Rich Americans don't have these things.
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Re:Do Immigrant Engineers Depress Engineer Wages? by davidw on Saturday April 13, 2013 @05:00PM (#5544657)
Despite having 'help', it seems that the Indians tend to migrate towards the US, rather than people from the US migrating towards India. See my other comment.
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