They found startup companies selling new products and new technologies. In addition. we should make it easierconsistent with the requirements of national securityfor foreign students to study in America. America has traditionally poached many of the best and brightest students from around the globe. Well over a third of American science and engineering doctorate holders were born abroad. Since 9/11. however. many students are having a difficult time getting visas to study in America. In 2004. foreign applications to American graduate schools declined by 28 percent. Enrollments of foreign students at all levels of college declined for the first time in 30 years.